Tag: Pre-Exam


  • Quickly find PCT answers, and EPC/PCT legal basis

    Attached are useful overviews to quickly find legal topics & legal basis during the exam:

  • EQE: 17 Mar 2023 – Pre-Exam – no copy (sorry), but my comments

    ItC => no ticket for you! Friday was the e-EQE Pre-Exam (Part 1: 0930-1040 CET – 70 mins, part 2: 1100-1210 CET – 70 mins, part 3: 1330-1440 CET – 70 mins and part 4: 15000 – 1610 CET – 70 mins). Unfortunately, I was not able to get a copy of the questions, so…

  • Still struggling with PCT ?

    Welcome to PCT.App ! By IP.appify : www.pctapp.net/en/pct-app The only self-editable guide to PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty). Readable on your mobile phone & tablet. It is extensively commented, with many summaries of key issues. The screenshot above is simulated – “See Inside” for examples of actual screenshots. Search full-text, and navigate with hyperlinks & cross-references to internal & external resources. Organisation is chronological, mirroring…

  • Friday was the e-EQE Pre-Exam (Part 1: 1000-1110 CET – 70 mins, Part 2: 1130-1240 CET – 70 mins, Part 3: 1400-1510 CET – 70 mins and Part 4: 1530 – 1640 CET – 70 mins).  If you want to try yourself, see here for the files: PE-1-2-3-4-questions-EN (2022), PE-3-printable-EN (2022), PE-3-printable-FR (2022), PE-4-printable-EN (2022),…

  • Updated 20 Mar 22: copy to try yourself is in separate postUpdated 18 Mar 22: some technical and language problemsToday was the e-EQE Pre-Exam (Part 1: 1000-1110 CET – 70 mins, part 2: 1130-1240 CET – 70 mins, part 3: 1400-1510 CET – 70 mins and part 4: 1530 – 1640 CET – 70 mins).…

  • Final preparations Updated 11 Mar 22: added entry photo requirementsUpdated 10 Mar 22: clarify that you must print before starting FLOWlock Browser This is a detailed exam schedule for Pre-Exam (PE) 2022, indicating scheduled and unscheduled break times.  Don’t forget your calendars External Resources at www.epo.org are available online during the exam. For all other materials,…

  • I was not planning to post this so close to the exam, but I have been getting a lot of questions about Calendars. You only need to know the EPO closing days, but you need the weekends on paper. I have also made some calendars you can use – as pdf (in English) or as Excel…

  • Update 21 Jun 21: I have also made some of these points in epi Information 02/21 8 Jun 21: forum link added. The epi recently published their discussion paper on proposed changes to the EQE from 2024. See below for some comments, following on from my earlier comments on the future of the EQE.  It is…

  • Updated 18 Apr 2021: see also my post commenting on the epi discussion paper. Updated 12 Apr 2021. “It is only when the tide goes out that you see who’s been swimming naked” I already posted these comments on LinkedIn – this post gives a little more background. There was an enormous effort behind the…

  • Today was the e-EQE Pre-Exam. If you want to try yourself, see here for main copy with EN printable parts, and the printable parts in German and in French. Sorry – it is a bit of a mess, but the pages produced by LockDown Browser seem to be a little unpredictable. I also deleted the…