Dates and times EQE 2015-2017 have been announced
The Exam Secretariat announced the dates and times of the exam papers of EQE 2015, 2016 and 2017:
0.1 This is the first time ever that an EQE exam paper is taken on a leap-day.
EQE 2015: 23.02.2015 – 26.02.2015
EQE 2016: 29.02.2016 – 03.03.2016
EQE 2017: 06.03.2017 – 09.03.2017
The D-paper is on Tuesdays, 9:30 – 14:30
The A-papers are on Wednesday, 9:30 – 13:00
The B-papers are on Wednesdays, 14:30 – 17:30
The C-papers are on Thursdays, 9:30 – 14:30
Times indicated are Munich/ The Hague time. Helsinki and Bristol times are plus/minus one hour different.
Details can be found on the EQE webpages (http://www.epo.org/learning-events/eqe.html) and in particular the Notice of 21 February 2014 from the Examination Secretariat.
Good luck with your preparation! See you in one or more of our courses!
As an appetizer and incentive to make you start studying early, and timely register for one of our courses, we already provide a possible question for the Pre-Exam 2016.
Question 0 of Pre-Exam 2016
An applicant filed a European patent application EP-A on Friday 21 February 2014. EP-A was published together with the European search report in August 2015. The applicant forgot to timely pay the examination fee and received a loss-of-rights communication dated 17 February 2016.
For each of statements 0.1 – 0.4, indicate on the answer sheet whether the statement is true or false:
0.1 This is the first time ever that an EQE exam paper is taken on a leap-day.
0.2 The last day to perform further processing in respect of the time limit for
requesting examination is 27 April 2016.
requesting examination is 27 April 2016.
0.3 The due date for payment of the renewal fee in respect of the third year is today.
0.4 The last day to pay the renewal fee together an additional 50% is Monday 29.08.2016.
