EQE 2023 exam schedule now available: Pre-Exam
The "Information on the schedule for the EQE 2023 examination papers" is now available on the EQE website (first version 27 September 2022; updated version 19 December 2022)
The EQE 2023 will take place online using the same setup as the EQE of 2021 and 2022.
The pre-examination will have the same syllabus and character as before, but -as in 2021 and 2022- it will be split into four parts of 70 minutes, each part having 5 questions (4 statement per question). Each part must be completed before the start of the next break, with the next set of questions only becoming available after the break. Once the time allowed for a part has elapsed, it will not be possible to go back to that part. The pre-examination lasts four hours and forty minutes.
Candidates will be allowed to print the description of the invention as well as the prior-art documents for the claim analysis parts before the start of the appropriate part. The documents allowed for printing will be made available during the break preceding the relevant claim analysis part.
No calendars will be provided (see here).
(Note that that the document may be subject to minor changes as testing continues. Please check the EQE website for updates)
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Updated 20.12.2022: New version of Information about the Schedule document - also allows to print the description of the invention for each claims analysis part before the start of the appropriate part.
A Notice from the European Patent Office dated 14 November 2022 concerning the days on which EPO filing offices are closed in 2023 is now available on the EPO website.
ReplyDeleteSee https://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/official-journal/information-epo/archive/20221115.html
It is expected to be in the OJ EPO soon.
Refer to the Notice of the Examination Board "Calculation of time limits in paper D and pre-examination" on https://www.epo.org/learning/eqe/notices.html:
"As of the 2022 examination, the practice concerning calendars will change: calendars will no longer be provided to candidates as part of the examination papers for the pre-examination and Paper D.
A notice listing the dates on which the EPO filing offices are closed is published each year in the Official Journal. For the purposes of applying Rule 134(1), first sentence, EPC and Rule 80.5 PCT, candidates should refer to the relevant notice on EPO closing days. They will be able to access the EPO website for this during the exam.
Candidates are allowed to use their own calendar to identify dates falling on a Saturday or Sunday."
The "Notice from the European Patent Office dated 14 November 2022 concerning the days on which EPO filing offices are closed in 2023" is in OJ 2022, A107.
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