EQE 2024 exam schedule now available: Paper D
The "Information on the schedule for the EQE 2024 examination papers" (dated 27 July 2023) is now available on the EQE website.
The EQE 2024 will take place online using the examination software Wiseflow, with substantially the same setup as the e-EQE/Online EQE of 2021, 2022 and 2023.
Paper D 2024 is split into three parts:
- a first D1 part of two questions and 26 marks (1 h 35 min),
- a second D1 part of three questions and 29 marks (1 h 45 min), and
- a D2 part of 45 marks (2 h 40 min)
Once the time allowed for a part has elapsed, it will not be possible to go back to that part.
Note that the D1:D2 ratio is again 55:45, with more than half of the marks available for D1 and less than half for D2, so the D paper again has the emphasis on the legal questions (See here). As the first D1 part has 26 marks for only two questions, at least one of the D1 questions will be at least 13 marks and longer than ever before (D 2023 included an 11-mark question)!
W.r.t. D2, note a minor change compared to D 2023: the 45-mark D2 part now has 2 h 40 min, whereas it had 2 h 45 min in 2023 - the 5 minutes seem to have been allocated to the first D1 part.
Each part must be completed before the start of the next break, with the next part only becoming available after the break. Paper D lasts six hours.
No calendars will be provided (see here). No documents will be available for printing.
Further, in view of the amendments to Rule 126(2)/127(2)/131(2) EPC per 1 November 2023 (1 day after the legal cutoff date acc IPREE, i.e., 31 October 2023), refer to: this blog post
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(Note that that the document may be subject to minor changes as testing continues. Please check the EQE website for updates)
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Note the FAQ-item in the Unitary Patent on the EQE website:
ReplyDelete"To which extent the syllabus of the EQE covers the Unitary Patent and transitional measures thereto?
The syllabus of the EQE includes all updates and publications as defined in Rule 22 IPREE as at the syllabus cut-off date (31 October of the year preceding the examination). This includes inter alia, OJ EPO 2022, A41, which sets out the "Implementing Regulations on Unitary Patent Protection" before the EPO."
OJ 2022, A41 is abbreviates as "UPR" in the Unitary Patent Guide (https://www.epo.org/en/legal/guide-up)
It includes, for example, Requirements of the request for unitary effect (same claims in respect of all participating member states, time limit, language of request, translation of patent) and Payment of renewal fees for European patents with unitary effect.
FAQ: https://www.epo.org/en/service-support/faq/learning/european-qualifying-examination/eqe-online/which-extent-syllabus-eqe