To all who sat the F-paper today:
What are your first impressions with respect to this very first F-paper? Any
general or specific comments?
What did you think about the level
of the questions, was that suitable for a candidate having one year of
work experience? Were the questions easier than in the pre-exams? Or at the
same level, or even harder in any way? Any difference in this respect between
the leqal questions part and the claim analysis part?
Did you have enough time? Did you
experience time pressure? Did you have enough time to double check your
answers?
Were the question formats as you
expected? Any unusual ones? Was it clear what you had to do to answer, e.g.
whether you had the option to tick multiple boxes or that you had to select a
single box? Were the questions clearly formulated? Were the answer options
clearly formulated? How did you experience the fact that you have different
questions formats and a different number of subquestions per question?
In the legal part, F-1, could you answer
the questions directly from the EPC/PCT, or did you need multiple steps in your
thinking to get to the answer? How was the balance between EPC and PCT? Were
there any unexpected topics? Any of the more “exotic” topics that you may not
have seen (yet) in your daily work?
In the claim analysis part, F-2, how was
the amount time you needed for reading description and prior art? Were there
any unexpected topics? Any of the more “exotic” topics that you may not have
seen (yet) in your daily work?
Did you take the exam from your home
or your office? Or somewhere else? How did that work for you?
Did you experience any technical
difficulties during the exam? How and how fast were they resolved? Did you use
the widget to contact the invigilator?
Please be reminded that, if you wish
to lodge a complaint pursuant to point I.8. of the Instructions to Candidates concerning the conduct of the
examination , you must do so at the latest by the end of the day on
which the Foundation paper took place (so by 21.03.2025, 23:59 CET at the latest), by filling in the dedicated form on
the EQE website (section "EQE online") and submitting that before midnight. (See also Amended Rule 19(3) IPREE as in force since 5 Feb 2025).
The Complaint form concerning the conduct of the examination (Paper F 2025) is
(only) available on 21.03.2025, 10:00 - 23:59, CET.
The Complaint form guides you with detailed fields along the required information:
- Of course you need to give your name and EQE regnr.
- Indicate whether the complaint may relate to Part F-1, Part F-2 or both parts.
- You need to indicate whether you have you followed the instructions / recommendations from Wiseflow, whether you practiced in the "EQE-Compendium" area in WISEflow, whether you participated in either of the EQE technical tests (23.01.2025 or 18.02.2025), and whether you sat the EQE in the same environment and using the same equipment as for the technical test(s)?
- If your complaint relates to technical issues, you need to provide details about your setup. You need to describe the issue you experienced and how this affected your participation in the examination as detailed as possible.
- You need to describe the non-technical issue if you wish to raise it as part of your complaint. Complaints cannot be considered if based on sickness during the exam.
- You will also need to specify what compensation you request.
- Finally, you need to certify that the information given above is, to the best of your knowledge, true and correct.
The paper and our answers
We aim to post the core our (provisional) answer shortly after the exam in
separate blog posts (one for F-1 legal questions and one for F-2 claim analysis), as
soon as possible after we have received a copy of the paper, preferably in all
three languages. Should you have a copy of at least a part of the paper (e.g
printable parts of F-2, or maybe your downloaded answer also contains the
questions or a part thereof), please send it to any of our tutors or to
training@deltapatents.com.
Please be reminded that you can view
and print/download copy of your exam answer after the exam, via the eye
below the "1. Paper"-icon in the bottom left part of the flow window
of the respective flow. (It may not be available immediately after the official
end of the (part of the) paper, but only 30-60 minutes later.) Apart from the
pre-printable parts, the paper itself cannot be downloaded.
We look forward to your comments!
Comments are welcome in any official
EPO language, not just English. So, comments in German and
French are also very welcome!
Please do not post your comments
anonymously - it is allowed, but it makes responding more difficult and rather
clumsy ("Dear Mr/Mrs/Ms Anonymous of 20-03-2025 15:03"), whereas
using your real name or a pseudonym is more personal, more interesting and
makes a more attractive conversation. You do not need to log in or make an account -
it is OK to just put your (nick) name at the end of your post.
Please post your comments as to
first impressions and general remarks to this blog.
Please post responses to our answer (as soon as available) to the separate blog
post with our answer. Thanks!
