Pre-Exam 2024: Enrolment to the exam open until 15 May 2023

If you plan to sit the Pre-Exam 2024, be aware that enrolment has opened on 1 February 2023 and that the enrolment deadline is 15 May 2023.

Note that for a first time enrolment to the pre-examination candidates must already have registered (deadline for registration was 15 January 2023 - see the EQE registration webpage and our earlier blog post). Candidates who have previously been admitted to the pre-examination are already registered.

Please refer to the EQE enrolment webpage and the document "Enrolment process and fees for the EQE 2024" dd 27 January 2023 for details.


DeltaPatents Course Offer

Please refer to our webpage for our course offer for Pre-Exam 2024: here. In particular:

  • Pre-Exam Integrated course (13 x full-day classroom session): see here.
  • Pre-Exam Distance Learning (13 x 1,5-2 hour online sessions): see here
Please refer to our webshop for our Q&A books and reference books for the Pre-Exam:
  • "Basic Legal Questions for Pre-Exam and Main Exam" (L-book): here.
  • "Pre-Exam book: Cases and Exams" (P-book): here.
  • "References to the European Patent Convention" by Jelle Hoekstra: here.
  • "Topic-Related Index to the EPC and PCT" by Roel van Woudenberg and Cees Mulder: here.
    • A reduction applies when the latter book is bought together with "The Cross-Referenced Patent Cooperation Treaty" by Cees Mulder: here.

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Roel is a European Patent Attorney and tutor at DeltaPatents.

Comments

  1. Anonymous17 April 2023 at 08:29

    As enrolment for pre-exam 2024 will open, does that mean that the EQE 2025 will be the old way. To me the pre-exam is not part of this "new" EQE style.

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    1. Gabriele Honecker17 April 2023 at 20:46

      https://information.patentepi.org/issue-1-2023/new-format-of-the-eeqe.html <- if you look at the section "Entry into force and transitional provisions", you will find the most recent publicly available considerations.

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    2. LP18 April 2023 at 11:02

      The final comment from Peter Pollard is pretty interesting!! :)

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  2. Anonymous17 April 2023 at 09:42

    I do not know if I passed the pre-exam yet, but the distance learning course is a good course to take and I would recommend it. Maybe the lectures on their own wasn't so much for me but the study material and suggested assignments was a great help to get structure and discipline in your studies.

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  3. Anonymous18 April 2023 at 10:54

    Does anyone know when the pre-exam results will be released? Since 2013 the results have *always* been released at the latest precisely 1 month after the exam (2014) and usually less, often much less. This year a month has elapsed already and there is silence from the EPO.

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    1. LP18 April 2023 at 11:01

      I think no one knows when. We just have to wait.

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  4. Anonymous18 April 2023 at 11:54

    This is insane. We are tired of waiting. Why does it have to be the longest wait since the introduction of pre-EQE. What are they discussing exactly?

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    1. Anonymous18 April 2023 at 15:54

      If it's gonna be burger or pizza for lunch

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    2. Anonymous18 April 2023 at 17:18

      Kebab please

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  5. Anonymous18 April 2023 at 11:55

    Also May 15 is less than four weeks away!

    Could somebody please ask for an update from the EPO? Maybe DeltaPatents? I get it that they do not care about the candidates, but maybe about a big lawfirm?!

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  6. Anonymous18 April 2023 at 12:01

    They wrote somewhere: "please refrain from asking about an exact date"
    This is on its own ridiculous. Why do you have unlimited time to announce the results? Specifically at our jobs there are always time limite, how come the examiner's don't have such such a time limit?

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  7. Mahmoud25 April 2023 at 15:39

    Is it normal that the results are this late? @Roel, is there a way that we could find out what is going on? I would like to enroll to the D paper course of DeltaPatents, but I don't want to do so without knowing whether I passed or not. I know you mentioned somewhere that you could push our registration by one year in case someone doesn't pass, but still, I know many people wouldn't register before getting their results. For example, I need to ask my employer to pay for my results, but I can't ask him to do so before saying that I passed. It's an awkward situation and it seems from the current situation this may take another one or two months

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    1. Mahmoud25 April 2023 at 15:42

      For example is it possible to push the course starting date by one or two weeks?

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    2. Roel van Woudenberg10 May 2023 at 13:09

      Please discuss Pre-Exam 2023 matters on the Pre-Exam 2023 blog posts, and not in this Pre-Exam 2024 post.

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  8. Fabienne26 April 2023 at 15:39

    Same thought here. I am interested in following the D paper course starting 1st of May, but kind of reluctant to enroll before knowing my results.
    I'm going to assume that I passed.

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  9. Roel van Woudenberg26 April 2023 at 16:53

    Pre-Exam 2023 candidates just received an email from the EQE secretariat informing them the following:


    Subject: EQE - Pre-Examination

    Dear candidate,

    Please be informed that the deadline for enrolment to the pre-examination 2024 has been extended until 30 June 2023. The results for the pre-examination 2023 will be available in mid-May.



    Sehr geehrte Bewerberin, sehr geehrter Bewerber,

    bitte beachten Sie, dass die Frist für die Anmeldung zur Vorprüfung 2024 bis zum 30. Juni 2023 verlängert wurde. Die Ergebnisse der Vorprüfung 2023 werden Mitte Mai verfügbar sein.



    Cher(e) candidat(e),

    Nous vous informons que la date limite d'inscription à l’examen préliminaire 2024 est prolongée jusqu'au 30 juin 2023. Les résultats de l’examen préliminaire 2023 seront disponibles à la mi-mai.



    Best regards / Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Sincères salutations

    European Qualifying Examination EQE
    European Patent Office

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    1. Mahmoud26 April 2023 at 16:55

      Roel is it possible to postpone the start of the D paper course? I am sure many candidates including myself won't register due to this.

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    2. Roel van Woudenberg26 April 2023 at 17:53

      The first course day of the D Distance course is 22 May.

      If you have specific inquiries or wishes, please contact us via email (training at
      deltapatents.com) or the contact form on our website.

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  10. Dr Me9 May 2023 at 11:03

    This comment has been removed by the author.

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    1. Roel van Woudenberg10 May 2023 at 13:07

      Please discuss Pre-Exam 2023 matters on the Pre-Exam 2023 blog posts, and not in this Pre-Exam 2024 post.

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  11. Jackson9 May 2023 at 12:09

    I really don't agree with them releasing the Examiner's report before sending candidates their results. It should be done at the same time.

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    1. Roel van Woudenberg10 May 2023 at 13:05

      That is also what is usually done, but they not provide it earlier as the result letters are not yet available, while the report allows you to determine (a good estimate of) your scores yourself so that you can continue to prepare for the main exam or for resitting the pre-exam.

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    2. Roel van Woudenberg10 May 2023 at 13:08

      Please discuss further Pre-Exam 2023 matters on the Pre-Exam 2023 blog posts, and not in this Pre-Exam 2024 post.

      http://pre-exam.blogspot.com/2023/03/pre-exam-2023-our-answers-to-legal.html
      http://pre-exam.blogspot.com/2023/03/pre-exam-2023-part-3-cleaning-utensils.html
      http://pre-exam.blogspot.com/2023/03/pre-exam-2023-part-4-erasable-inks-our.html
      http://eqe-deltapatents.blogspot.com/2023/03/epo-news-message-european-qualifying.html

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    3. Anonymous10 May 2023 at 20:09

      Dear Roel,

      I wanted to discuss further matters with other candidates in the sections you have attached but the comment on those pages were not uploaded for some reasons.

      Strangely, the comment works in this page though (2024 pre eqe related). Maybe there was a time limit to comment on 2023 pre eqe related pages?

      Bests

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    4. Johanna10 May 2023 at 21:28

      I can't see new comments either. Especially in part 4. The number of comments is increasing but I can't see any of the new ones.

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    5. Anonymous11 May 2023 at 13:21

      I see. Thanks D42!

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  12. Roel van Woudenberg10 May 2023 at 13:36

    Enrolment to Pre-Exam 2024 is via https://www.epo.org/learning/eqe/enrolment.html.

    Currently that page provides:

    "Enrolment
    The dates of each examination paper can be found under EQE notices.

    Compulsory registration

    Enrolment to the pre-examination will only be open for candidates who have registered at the latest by 15 January of the year in which they intend to enrol for the pre-examination. See OJ EPO 2018, A99.

    All information can be found at registration as candidate.

    Enrolment periods

    1. Pre-examination 2024
    Candidates may enrol as from 1 February 2023. Applications must be submitted no later than 30 June 2023 (deadline extended) via myEQE. For a first time enrolment to the pre-examination candidates must have registered at the latest by 15 January 2023. Candidates who have previously been admitted to the pre-examination are already registered.

    2. Main examination 2024 (Papers A, B, C and D)
    Candidates may enrol as from 3 April 2023. Applications must be submitted no later than 4 September 2023 via myEQE.

    Enrolment process and fees
    Candidates must observe the enrolment procedure and pay the respective fees as laid down in the following document.

    Enrolment process and fees for the EQE 2024 (--> link)"

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  13. Droopy !10 May 2023 at 18:48

    Am I the only one whose results do not match the compendium? I failed but according to the compendium, I am almost 10 points short?

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    1. Yes10 May 2023 at 20:05

      Yes, exactly! I have 4 points gap with the score compare to the official answer and the actual result!

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    2. Johanna10 May 2023 at 21:27

      I have a two point difference - the score in the result is higher than what I calculated myself.

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    3. Same issue here11 May 2023 at 10:47

      They sent a score which is six point lower than what calculated looking at the examiner's report

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    4. Not sure11 May 2023 at 16:37

      4 points gap here. But I am far from asuming that my counting was perfect.

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    5. Roel van Woudenberg26 May 2023 at 12:07

      Please refer to http://pre-exam.blogspot.com/2023/05/pre-exam-2023-results-and-examiners.html as updated:

      "24 May 2023:

      Today, 24 May, candidates received the following email from the EQE secretariat:

      “Subject: EQE 2023 Pre-examination - Communication from the Examination Board

      Dear candidate,

      We would like to inform you that after the release of the pre-examination results on 10 May 2023, we have encountered some discrepancies between the results communicated and what was to be expected in view of the Examiners’ Report. Upon conducting a thorough investigation, we have successfully identified the source of the issue, which is of a technical nature. Please be informed that the problem has been solved.

      As a consequence, the results have been recalculated and must be re-issued. Therefore, the decision of the Examination Board concerning your result of the pre-examination 2023 communicated to you on 10 May 2023 is hereby revoked. A new decision based on the correct result is now available in myEQE.

      Best regards / Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Sincères salutations

      The Examination Secretariat
      on behalf of the Examination Board”

      It will be interesting to hear whether anyone got from an initial pass to a fail. I would expect that the latter did not happen, i.e., I would expect that if it you initially scored 70 marks and received pass decision, they kept you at pass also if your corrected score was below 70, e.g., 68 - so, that they did not issue you a fail decision. Was that the case? If so, conformation would be appreciated!

      Please post your comments to said other blog post
      http://pre-exam.blogspot.com/2023/05/pre-exam-2023-results-and-examiners.html
      so that the information on this topic is not scatted over our various Pre-Exam blogs.

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