Foundation Intensive Online Course

The Foundation Intensive Online course is a new course designed for candidates who are unable to attend weekly or biweekly sessions. The course begins with a week of intensive introduction to both legal and substantive topics, and ends with two mock exams and associated discussion sessions. Between these two parts of the course, auto-scored Foundation-style questions are available monthly, to encourage self-study and provide immediate feedback.

The course offers the benefits of the DeltaPatents training and materials while allowing candidates to study in their own time between the intensive introduction week and the mock exams. Both procedural and substantive aspects are covered in this course.

This course primarily targets candidates preparing for the Foundation paper in 2027. The course is offered online only and makes extensive use of WISEflow, allowing candidates to learn the material and become familiar with the online system used in the exam from the start.

Start date

Duration

Location

06 July 2026

7 full days and 2 half days

Online training

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Topics covered

Please note that these topics will be introduced, but there will not be time to go fully in-depth in the sessions on all of these topics. Further informaiton on the topics discussed are provided in the accompanying course material.

EPC Procedural

Foundation paper details and overview of the New EQE
Introduction to EPC
Time periods, remedies, payment of fees
Right to file, filing, filing date, filing formalities
Search opinion, publication
Examination, amendments
Opposition, appeal
Rights conferred by patent, revocation
Representation and other common provisions

Exercises

Questions on EPC subjects

PCT Procedural

Introduction to PCT
Time periods, remedies
Right to file, filing, filing date, filing formalities
International search, Supplementary international search
International publication, International preliminary examination
National phase, Euro-PCT

Exercises

Questions on PCT subjects

EPC Substantive – claim analysis

Claim interpretation,
Patentability, industrial application
State of the art, novelty, inventive step
Unity, disclosure
Amendments

Exercises

Questions on EPC subjects

Materials

EPC Legal course book
2 books with presentations on PCT procedural and EPC substantive
Full set of flowcharts
EPC Reference book (Hoekstra)
Discount on the Topic-Related Index book and PCT Cross-Reference book

Course fee

Course fee for Foundation Intensive Online Course: € 2.950

Registration fee and VAT information

An administrative fee of € 125 is charged for every booking. If more than one course is booked at the same time, only one administrative fee will be charged. Please note that the registration fee is non-refundable.
All fees are excluding 21% VAT.

Course schedule

This online course consists of five full-day sessions, two days of online mock exams, and two half-day paper discussion sessions following the mock exams.

Below is a provisional course schedule.

When to register?

This course has limited participant slots. To ensure your place, we highly recommend registering as early as possible.

This course includes the shipment of physical materials. To ensure timely delivery, we recommend that candidates enroll at least two weeks prior to the course start date, subject to availability. Late registrations may result in delays in receiving course materials. Please note that digital copies of the materials will not be provided in such cases.