The following is histogram of all the C-scores from the list of EQE results this year. 56% of 1611 candidates got 45 points or less, which means that probably about half the candidates will need to resit. Those with 45 may be able to compensate their C paper at a future exam. The average is…
The following is histogram of all the D-scores from the list of EQE results this year. 54% of 1279 candiadtes got 45 points or less, which means that probably about half the candidates will need to resit. Those with 45 may be able to compensate their D paper at a future exam. The average is…
The EPO has published a list of EQE results this year. It makes interesting reading – a top score of 95 for D this year is pretty amazing. I had some questions about the list – does anybody know: – What are the significance of the …..X registration numbers ? – How are the registration…
Congratulations to those who passed at least something at the EQE 2010. Any exam passed is quite an achievement. Remember that if you got 45-49 points at EQE 2010, you may not have to resit this paper if you are able to compensate with future attempts. If you got 44 or less, then you must…
The reference to EP1 by EPKM is a problem for enablement.Withdrawing EP1 solves this, but EP1 is the first application for the signal. I did the exam in the office under exam conditions, and I admit I missed the complication – I read the Guidelines, and simply suggested withdrawing EP1. To get the broadest invention…
Please let me know if any of the posts helped you. Also if anything was wrong or misleading. Of course, you may want to wait for the results in August 😉 Enjoy the summer.
I am not involved with the Exam Committee, so I have no inside information. I always do the D exam in the office as soon as possible after the exam, under exam conditions – books on paper, exam timing etc. This gives me a feeling for the difficulty and any unclear parts of the papers.…
The EPO has now put the EQE 2010 papers on-line
– get to the exam on-time – take a suitcase on wheels for your D library – don’t panic. think simple the papers are designed so that all 1600 candidates can answer them – 2010 results are under the new EQE compensation system, so 45 points is probably enough for 1 or 2 papers
Thanks to Cees Mulder (known to EQE candidates as the author of the Cross-referenced PCT) for letting me know about the latest version printable PCT Applicants Guide. The EQE Examination Board arranges each year that the WIPO produces a printable version of the PCT Applicants Guide to take to the exam. These are large files…