Seminar preparing for the EQE Pre-Examination (course offered as on-site or online training)
CEIPI is pleased to announce that the seminar preparing for the EQE pre-examination 2022 will be organized as classroom training and also be availaible online.
Presentation
The Centre for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI) is known for its courses adapted to prepare candidates for the European Qualifying Examination (EQE), increasing their chances of success. Recent statistics show that the pass rate on the EQE pre-examination 2018 of candidates having attended the CEIPI preparation courses is higher than 82%, i.e. 10% higher than the pass rate of other candidates.
The next EQE pre-examination will be held in 2022 for those candidates who fulfil the requirements to present themselves to this examination (see Supplement to OJ OEB 02/2019).
CEIPI is organizing a seminar to help candidates in preparing themselves for that pre-examination.
This seminar will take place from 8 to 12 November 2021.
The main seminar will be offered either as on-site training or remotely. Experience has shown that the on-site training format prepares candidates most efficiently for the examination, because it facilitates intense communication between tutors and participants and among the course participants. The CEIPI therefore recommends to give priority to the on-site training format. However, in order to also prepare those candidates for the EQE who cannot attend the on-site seminar, this course preparing for the EQE 2022 will also be offered as online training.
Participants are expected to have a sound working knowledge of patent law. The teaching material will be designed in accordance with presently available information with regard to the expected style of the Pre-Examination procedure, which is based on a multiple choice system.
The pre-examination seminar will cover the following topics (see Rule 10 of the Implementing Provisions to the Regulation on the EQE, Supplement to OJ EPO 02/2019):
(a) Legal questions relating to the candidates' knowledge of the relevant provisions, including the EPC, the Implementing Regulations to the EPC, the Ancillary Regulations to the EPC, the Rules relating to Fees, the PCT, the Regulations under the PCT and the Guidelines for Examination in the EPO.
(b) Questions on the drafting of claims, the allowability of claims and the scope of protection provided by claims.
(c) This seminar takes into account the specificities of the e-EQE.
(d) During the pre-exam seminar participants will have the opportunity to apply their knowledge in a short mock examination.
The pre-examination seminar will be held in all three official languages of the EPO (English, French and German).
For information purposes, you can download the 2020 programme below:
Enrolment
See our complete price offer for 2021-2022
Please note that early enrolment is advisable.
For organizational reasons, the number of participants has to be limited. Applications will be treated on a first come, first served basis. If the seminars are oversubscribed, names will be put on a waiting list.
The closing date for receipt of all applications is 15 October 2021.
Enrolment form
For further information, please contact:
Cynthia JEHL
CEIPI Section Internationale
Université de Strasbourg
Bâtiment Le Cardo
7, rue de l'Ecarlate - CS 20024
F - 67082 Strasbourg cedex
Tél : (+33) 3 68 85 84 86
Courriel : cynthia.jehl@ceipi.edu