Tag: EQE2012
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I have posted some statistics for the D paper here Good news: it looks like there are more candidates who got 45 or more, compared to last year. 2012 Nr candidates taking D: 1440 Score range: 0 – 83 Average score: 39.5 With 0-44: 56.5% With 45-100: 43.5% With 50-100: 33% 2011 Nr candidates taking…
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Good luck to everyone taking an exam next week Remaining tips: – get plenty of rest in the weekend – look through the exams before you start writing to see what you have to do – if the exam looks different than previous exams (e.g. different number of questions, different order, less prior art, more…
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Unfortunately, PCT does not provide an Applicants Guide in German. However, there is a useful book about PCT. In partiicular, there is a section (page 30-39) describing the PCT remedy system [Schutzvorkehrungen und Verfahrenssicherungen für internationale Anmeldungen] and a seminar
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Never make an abbreviation list as part of your EQE answer – it wastes time and these abbreviations may be used on the EQE without giving the meaning. They are completely clear to all who mark the exam. A. Artikel AaE Form Antrag auf Erteilung Formblatt ABl , Amtsblatt des Europäischen Patentamts ABl SA <…
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Never make an abbreviation list as part of your EQE answer – it wastes time and these abbreviations may be used on the EQE without giving the meaning. They are completely clear to all who mark the exam. A. Article ADA Arrangements for deposit accounts AAD Arrangements for the automatic debiting procedure AG PCT Applicants…
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Every year, there is a meeting between tutors and the examination committee, and every year the Examination committee informs the tutors that a list of abbreviation is not required. This is mainly something that German candidates do because they are used to doing this when writing legal petitions under their national law. It is sometimes…
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The EQE2012 versions of the Basic Questiions for Paper D and Exam-related Questions for Paper D have some errors. A list of updates is found here: http://www.deltapatents.com/data/uploads/downloads/basic-questions-EQE2012-errata.pdf http://www.deltapatents.com/data/uploads/downloads/exam-questions-EQE2012-errata.pdf
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The Examination Board has a printable version available (here on the right-hand side of the page) However, this document is 1700 pages with a lot of information that will never be asked on the EQE, such as details on African, Asian and South American states. Also there are other things on the WIPO web-site which…
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The Academy has now made an improved index available for the Guidelines (for the version of April 2010) Importantly, the references are now to paragraphs instead of page numbers, so it will work with all language editions, not just the English ones. So print it out and take it to the exam – many aspects…
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As always, the Examination Board has made a printable version of the Applicants Guide available (see below) However, these files are very large (1700 pages) because they comprise information for every PCT state world-wide. In the past, the D Examination Committee has confirmed that candidates do not require all these details, but it is quite…