This was the first e-EQE with the Pre-Exam being held in 4 parts, and with the questions almost fully being taken from the screen (only the calendars in the legal part and the application and the prior art in the claims analysis parts were printable).
In the legal as well as the claims analysis parts, the order of the four statements of each question was randomized, i.e., it was different for different candidates.
Also the order of the questions was randomized in the legal parts (e.g., a candidate reported getting what is shown below as Q.2 as the first question and getting what is shown as Q.1 below as the third question), but not in the claims analysis parts. [Updated 2.3.2021, 9:20]
On earlier years, we just provided a list of T and F's for the 4 statements per question, as all candidates had the same order of them in the paper exam. In view of the randomized order, we now also provide the statements. If you check your answers with ours, note that the order of the questions and of the four statements from a single question may be different!!!
Please feel invited to comment!
Note: the claims analysis part is discussed in our other blog post: here.
First impressions and general comments can be posted here.
[Update 4 March 2021 7:15:] We have compiled a version of the paper, in English; it is available here. In our version, the sequence of the questions and statements corresponds to the order as was presented to some candidates; other candidates obtained the questions (in the legal parts) and the statements within a question (in the legal parts as well as in the claims analysis parts) in different order. The sequence/numbering of the questions in our version of the paper corresponds to that used in this blog post.
Our answers to the legal questions are given below.
[Update 2 April 2021 8:45:]
The Examiner's Report was published yesterday on the EQE website (Compendium); all our answers to Q.1-Q.9 correspond to the answers in the Examiner's Report; Q.10 was completely neutralized (see below).
Note that in the Examiner's Report the order of Q.7 and Q.8 is swapped compared to our version, and that the order of the statements in most of the questions is different from our version.
