Topics covered
General
- How to prepare for the D paper
- Time management
- Styles and detail of answering
D-Legal – DI specific
- Refresh and gear up your knowledge and understanding of EPC & PCT topics beyond Pre-Exam level
- Practice DI questions covering the full range of legal subjects
- Reading and analyzing the question
- When is something relevant or not relevant
DII-specific
- Analyzing the client’s letter
- Organizing the information using tools such as a timeline
- Dealing with recurring problems such as public disclosure dates, (in)valid priorities, “first application”, insufficiency of disclosure, non-prejudicial disclosures, entitlement
- Advising the client and improving his position
- Recognizing threats from the competitor
Training materials
- More than 400 overhead sheets introducing and explaining how to tackle D1 and D2
- Main Exam Questions for Paper D, “D-book”
- D methodology tools and templates
- Materials for use at the EQE, including methodology flowcharts for D1 and D2
- Checklists, and examples of phrasing, to be used when writing your answer to D2
- DeltaPatents’ own model solutions for the D1 and D2 papers practiced. Initially based on past EQE papers, they have been fully updated to incorporate the latest legal changes, and demonstrate how the DeltaPatents’ methodology has been applied, and discuss alternative answers.
Course fee
- Course fee for Paper D Distance Learning: € 3.530
Registration fee and VAT information
- An administrative fee of € 125 is charged for every booking. If more than one course is booked at the same time, only one administrative fee will be charged
- All fees are excluding 21% VAT
Course Schedule
This online course comprises eight half-day and three full-day online sessions. Below is a provisional course schedule.

When to register?
This course has limited participant slots. To ensure your place, we highly recommend registering as early as possible.
This course includes the shipment of physical materials. To ensure timely delivery, we recommend that candidates enroll at least two weeks prior to the course start date, subject to availability. Late registrations may result in delays in receiving course materials. Please note that digital copies of the materials will not be provided in such cases.