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Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office

EQE Online Workshops: Perfect preparation for the exam

Experience practical and strategic insights into exam papers A, B, C and D
The EQE Online Workshops offer candidates preparing for the main EQE exam a unique opportunity to engage intensively and practically with the exam requirements. Each workshop package includes 6 to 8 online sessions in which participants work in small groups on real examples to deepen their understanding of the practical and strategic aspects of the respective exam paper.

Paper A Workshop 15 September 2025 - 02 October 2025

Key Topics

    • Formal requirements for Paper A
    • Understanding the client’s letter and defining the basic principle of the invention
    • Drafting independent claims taking into account the basic principle of the invention and the prior art
    • Drafting dependent claims
    • Drafting an introduction

 

Paper B Workshop 06 October 2025 - 23 October 2025 

Key Topics

    • Inventive step argumentation
    • Problem Solution Approach
    • Amending the claims
    • Showing compliance with Art. 123(2)
    • Specifics to the new format (since 2017) of the Paper B of EQE
    • Time management
    • Practical approaches and suggestions

 

Paper D Workshop 27 October 2025 - 13 November 2025

Key Topics

    • Particularities of the eEQE
    • Practical approach to DI type questions, with exercises and examples
    • How to present a complete answer to DI questions
    • Getting an overview of the information of DII
    • Understanding the questions and what to include in the answers
    • Time management
    • Practical approaches and suggestions

 

Paper C Workshop 17 November 2025 - 11 December 2025 | 12 January 2026 - 05 February 2026

Key Topics

    • Discussion of what is needed in the paper including the attacks to be made and where to find the information for the attacks on the claims 
    • Refresh the basics of novelty and inventive step including how to identify the closest prior art document from the prior art provided 
    • Work through two papers C addressing the attacks to be made with practical approaches and suggestions 
    • Time management

The workshops can be booked individually per paper. All sessions take place on Mondays and Thursdays from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. CEST (and from the end of October CET).