Paper C Methodology

The 3-day methodology course aims to give the candidates an insight into how to scrutinize an opposition paper of the European Qualifying Examination. By the end of the course the candidates will have learnt how to analyse a client’s letter and efficiently extract and administrate information in the patent in suit and in the prior art. Candidates will be able to identify the important attacks and execute those attacks in a structured manner with the aim of scoring a sufficient number of marks in the available time. Time management is an integral part of the course. Where relevant, we will use WISEflow, giving candidates the opportunity to get familiar with the stystem used during the e-EQE.

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Start date

Duration

Location

9-10-2023

3 Days

Milan

13-11-2023

3 Days

Copenhagen

22-11-2023

3 Days

Online training

6-12-2023

3 Days

London

The following topics are covered

An overview of how Paper C has developed through the years, expected attacks and level of argumentation

Legal background: priority, added subject-matter, claim interpretation, state of the art, novelty and inventive step

Analyzing the client’s letter

Analyzing the patent to be opposed (claim interpretation, claimed objects, effects and definitions of features)

Determining the effective dates of the claims, making a time line, solving and arguing any priority issue (same invention, 1st application issue, various tests)

Establishing the state-of-the-art, dealing with European prior rights

Recognising and dealing with added subject-matter attacks on the description and the claims; detailed explanation of the various test

Identifying and performing novelty attacks based on European prior rights under Art.54(3)

Identifying for each claimed embodiment the relevant sections of the Art.54(2) prior art documents and performing the ‘must-have’ attack(s) under novelty or inventive step

Time efficient analysis of the documents and recording of information

Materials

A book with sheets on C Methodology

Paper C Methodology book, of almost 400 pages, including over 70 figures, 17 flow-charts, 6 A3 flow-charts, and a template for recording information according to the goal oriented searching method

Exam paper that will be used during the course, with the DeltaPatents' model solutions

Cases and answers

Where relevant, we will use WISEflow, giving you the opportunity to get familiar with the system used during the e-EQE

Course fee

3-day Paper C Methodology online: € 1.425

3-day Paper C Methodology onsite in Europe: € 1.690

Discount

If you register for the 3-day Paper C Methodology course as well as the 2-day Paper C Guided Exam course, you will receive a discount of € 200 (on the course fee of the Guided Exam). This offer only applies to courses taken in the same EQE year.

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