The following topics are covered


  • Paper A:

    • Main legal background:

      • claim categories and claim interpretation

      • claim features – claiming by function or parameter

      • clarity

      • essential features for inventive step and enablement

      • selection inventions

    • Practicing the legal background with short cases

    • Finding the invention: eliminating options, finding commonalities and essential features, determining effects

    • Drafting the independent claim(s): finding the formulation for the claims

    • Drafting dependent claims

    • Drafting the introductory part of the description

    • Practice the A 2017 exam paper


The following topics are covered


  • Paper B:

    • Main legal background for paper B: problem-solution approach, added subject-matter tests

    • Dealing with the client’s letter and proposed claims

    • Finding the desired claims

    • Drafting the response to the EPO for paper B, focussing on arguing the basis for the amended claims and inventive step

    • Practicing mock exams and cases

    • Practice the B 2017 exam paper


Training material:


  • Overhead sheets introducing and explaining the methodology on Paper A and Paper B

  • The papers that will be practiced.

  • A model solution and analysis of each paper.

Course fee 


  • Onsite – Main Exam Paper A&B (5-day), price € 4.665

  • Early bird discount for full Main Exam preparation: € 520


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

  • All fees are excluding 21% VAT