Tag: EQE2010


  • 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…