EQE Paper C courses

Paper C

This paper is part of the main-exam and involves drafting a notice of opposition to a European patent.

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.

Paper C Guided Exam

The 2-day course aims at improving the skills of candidates preparing for the C paper of the European Qualifying Examination (EQE). In preparation, the participants will be required to hand in their answers to one C Exam paper. You will use the EPO exam system WISEflow to practice your paper. This will be discussed, followed by practising one shortened and one full paper, guided and assisted by the tutor. By the end of the course the participants will have identified their weaknesses and will know the areas that they need to concentrate on in the period left before sitting the EQE enabling them to improve the overall score on the C paper. In this course candidates will learn how to efficiently perform the methodology under time pressure on actual papers and will get a good feeling for how marks are awarded in an actual exam.

Refresher Paper C for Re-sitters

The course aims to let candidates practice for the C exam in a very time efficient way. A short introduction of our methodology is combined with practicing older C exams (of 2013 or earlier). These exams have been turned into cases of approx. 1/3th of the original size. Most of the ‘standard’ issues have been removed like having to make a time line, performing a few normal novelty attacks or problem-solution attacks. The special issues have been kept. Candidates have to prepare some cases at home. Solving a case is expected to take approx. 1 hour per case. Writing it down could take a further hour. During the online session, each case will be discussed in sequence. Having discussed a case, the candidates get a marking sheet for the case and some time to mark their own solution. A detailed model solution is provided for each case. On the final day the latest EQE paper will be practiced, guided by the tutor and using WISEflow, the system that is used during the e-EQE.

Mock Exam Paper C

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.

Please note that we will use WISEflow for this course. 

2 different mock exams are organized, based on 2 different papers, which have been designed by the tutor.

“I am happy to inform you I have finally passed the C exam with succes… After having failed four times… Your training was really like ‘a click’. I have single regret… not have followed earlier your courses!”

Who is DeltaPatents?

We have more than 20 years of experience in EQE training. This provides a solid basis for our extensive range of IP courses. Our training courses focus on giving insight and understanding, and ensuring that the acquired knowledge can be practically applied.

At DeltaPatents we thoroughly train and guide our tutors. For our tutors, training is a more than a profession; it is mastered by teamwork. As our tutors spend most of their time preparing and giving courses, they are very experienced and knowledgeable. We take feedback of attendants seriously and act on it. For us, quality and customer satisfaction are essential.

Meet the tutors

Jelle HoekstraJelle Hoekstra is a tutor for the Pre-Exam, all Main Exam Papers and IP Administrators’ courses. He is a European Patent Attorney. Jelle is author of the book “Methodology for Paper C” and of the book “References to the European Patent Convention” (www.hoekstradoc.nl).

 

Sander van RijnswouSander van Rijnswou is a tutor for the Main Exam Paper C courses. He is a European Patent Attorney in the field of Technical Mathematics.

 

 

Joeri Beetz is a tutor for the Main Exam Paper C courses. He is a European Patent Attorney in the field of Physics.

 

 

 

Nico Cordes

Nico Cordes is a tutor for the Pre-Exam and Main Exam Paper A, B and C courses, also in German language. He is a European Patent Attorney in the field of Electrical Engineering.

 

Grégory Baque is a tutor for the Pre-Exam and all Main Exam Papers in French language. He is an IP Advisor at Baque IP. Grégory is author of the book “CBE-PCT, a reference about the European Patent Convention and the Patent Cooperation Treaty”.

 

 

Tanja la Cour Hoekstra

Tanja la Cour is a tutor for the Main Exam Paper C and IP Administrators’ courses. She is a European Patent Attorney in the field of Life Science and Biotechnology

 

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