This 3-day course covers the legal and claim analysis part of the Pre-Exam. Candidates with basic legal knowledge will learn during this course a methodology to pass the exam. This intensive course only covers the legal questions as well as the claim drafting topics and exam methodology for the pre-exam. This methodology focuses on dealing with the True/False format of the Pre-Exam, and includes practicing with examples. For the legal part, candidates will practice questions using their own reference materials and the methodology.  For the claim analysis part the course demonstrates how the theoretical legal knowledge is to be applied to the claim interpretation questions, using many practical exercises. An added hurdle to passing the Pre-Exam is the limited time to answer. Candidates need to practice claim drafting/amendment questions using their own reference materials and methodology. Candidates will be practicing up-to-date multiple-choice exam questions under limited time. By the end of the course the participants will have identified their weaknesses and will know the areas that they need to concentrate before sitting the Pre-Exam.

Practice a few weeks before the real exam in order to adjust your method, on papers as close as possible to the final exam. Get an evaluation on your level for each paper, thanks to a personalized marking of each paper, comments and advices from the tutor, in particular on the methodology used and the structure of your answer. Based on the outcome, make final adjustments to your methodology before the exam.

This course is based on the 13-day Pre-Exam Integrated Training course, the first training course of its kind in Europe which reduces the legal syllabus of the EQE to focus solely on the Pre-Exam. It offers the benefits of DeltaPatents training and materials without attending the sessions in the Netherlands. Instead of face-to-face contact, access to a knowledgeable tutor is in the form of video conference sessions and the possibility to ask questions by phone and e-mail. Using our experiences from many past candidates, the homework is concentrated on the subjects which tend to require the most help. Both procedural and substantive aspects are covered and we integrated also the claim analysis part of the Pre-Exam from the start in this training.  Candidates will experience from the start how the gained knowledge can be used in an efficient way in order to pass the Pre-Exam. The Pre-Exam syllabus has been divided into EPC and PCT modules. The course is based around a study planner, which indicates the modules to be studied, and a hand-in schedule for the homework.