Tag: Guidelines
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The latest version of our Indexed WIPO-PCT Applicant’s Guides (Jul 23) is now available. Together with our EPO-EPC Guidelines (Mar 23) and Unitary Patent Guide (Apr 22 = still in force), these books are useful as desktop references for daily use and for EQE study. Our Indexed version improves on the official digital versions by…
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For the order links, see: fireballpatents.com/study-materials The EPO-EPC Guidelines for Examination detail the procedure to be followed before the EPO. It explains how the EPO implements the EPC, and covers their standard approach when dealing with the direct EP and Euro-PCT applications. These documented practices are based on standard interpretations of the law, internal policies and…
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The EPO-EPC Guidelines for Examination (www.epo.org) covers EPO procedures during filing, search, examination, grant & opposition of EPC applications filed at EPO. Entry of PCT applications into the EP phase is also briefly covered. This Indexed Version includes the complete official GL/EPO (EPO/EPC Guidelines), which are considered essential for exam candidates, and for professionals dealing…
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17 Dec 21: this post has been updated here. There are no details yet on which digital references will be allowed or available during the exam. So, you may still need to print your references just before the exam. During EQE 2021, External References were available for digital reading and searching, but were limited…
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While doing the D Exam as an official benchmarker, I kept track of how I used the EPC.App and PCT.App references to answer questions. I did this to check usability and completeness. Below are notes on how and where I found the main legal issues, so there are spoilers. The D Exam can be downloaded…
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** 1 Jun 21: obsolete. See newer post from 3 Jun 2022. ** 20 Sep 20: updated to clarify differences with Pre-Exam, and to add new Guidelines cycle ** To remove one worry for candidates, answers for the Main Exam will be accepted based on legal texts valid on 31 Oct 2019 (official date for…
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Thanks to Dr. Marc Loschonsky for getting this ready – the 1 Nov 2019 version of our Indexed Guidelines is now available to order in German. Sorry it is late for EQE 2020 – it is a lot of work to get the first version ready. In future years, we expect it to be ready…
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Preparation: – Check the exam times and plan to arrive early – Since EQE 2017, an additional 30 minutes has been given for papers A, B, C and D (REE OJ 2019 SE2 – page 41) to help candidates who do not have English, French or German as their mother language. The papers are designed…
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** See amended advice here: EQE 2021 – which legal texts to use? ** The syllabus is defined in Regulation on EQE (REE) A.13 and IPREE R.2 and R.22 (latest: OJEPO 2019,SE2). R.22 specifies that legal texts valid on 31 Oct in the year before the exam are relevant. This cut-off was intended to simplify EQE…