Pre-Exam Distance Learning

This course is based on the 13-day Pre-Exam Integrated Training course, the first training course of its kind in Europe which reduces the legal syllabus of the EQE to focus solely on the Pre-Exam. It offers the benefits of DeltaPatents training and materials without attending the sessions in the Netherlands. Instead of face-to-face contact, access to a knowledgeable tutor is in the form of video conference sessions and the possibility to ask questions by phone and e-mail. Using our experiences from many past candidates, the homework is concentrated on the subjects which tend to require the most help. Both procedural and substantive aspects are covered and we integrated also the claim analysis part of the Pre-Exam from the start in this training. Candidates will experience from the start how the gained knowledge can be used in an efficient way in order to pass the Pre-Exam. The Pre-Exam syllabus has been divided into EPC and PCT modules. The course is based around a study planner, which indicates the modules to be studied, and a hand-in schedule for the homework.

The following topics are covered

EPC Procedural

Pre-examination details

How to answer legal questions

Introduction to EPC

Time periods, remedies, payment of fees

Right to file, filing, filing date, filing formalities

Search opinion, publication

Examination, amendments

Opposition, appeal

Rights conferred by patent, revocation

Representation and other common provisions

Exercises

Questions on EPC subjects

PCT Procedural

Introduction to PCT

Time periods, remedies

Right to file, filing, filing date, filing formalities

International search, Supplementary international search

International publication, International preliminary examination

National phase, Euro-PCT

Exercises

Questions on PCT subjects

EPC Substantive – claim analysis

Claim interpretation,

Patentability, industrial application

State of the art, novelty, inventive step

Unity, disclosure

Priority

Exercises

Questions on EPC subjects

Materials

4 books with presentations on EPC procedural, PCT procedural and EPC substantive

Full set of flowcharts

L-book, P-book and Reference book

Course fee

Pre-Exam Distance Learning online: € 1.850

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