June 10, 2024 (Not very much) Information from the Examination Board about the Foundation Paper 2025 -- updated version 5 August

At the end of last week (6 June 2024), a Communication from the Examination Board for the European qualifying examination concerning paper F 2025 was published on the EQE website (as EQE 2025: Paper F) with some -but unfortunately not very much- information about the Foundation Paper of the New EQE taking place on Friday 21 March 2025

The Communication provides (links and emphasis added):

6 June 2024

Communication from the Examination Board for the European qualifying examination concerning paper F 2025

With regards to the European Qualifying Examination under the regime of REE and IPREE applicable from 1 January 2025, as decided by the Administrative Council on 14 December 2023 and the Supervisory Board on 26 January 2024, the Examination Board – based on Article 27(3) REE - hereby formally notifies all parties concerned of the following:

• Foundation paper F consists of two parts with 15 questions each.
• The marking is based on an overall scale ranging from 0 to 100 points.
• Paper F comprises different types of questions, as detailed in Rule 22(4) IPREE.
• In accordance with Rule 6(2)a) IPREE all questions of paper F are marked using autoscoring.
• The range of achievable points per question varies from 1-5 depending on the difficulty of the question and the complexity of the answer to be given.
• A full mock version with the two parts of paper F will be provided to the public at the beginning of July 2024.

For the Examination Board

The Chairman

Jakob Kofoed

Update August 2024: an updated version of the document has been published on the EQE website (as "EQE 2025: Paper F (updated August 2024)" here):

The updated Communication provides (links and emphasis added; added/new information colored):

Updated on 5 August 2024

Communication from the Examination Board for the European qualifying examination concerning paper F 2025

With regards to the European Qualifying Examination under the regime of REE and IPREE applicable from 1 January 2025, as decided by the Administrative Council on 14 December 2023 and the Supervisory Board on 26 January 2024, the Examination Board – based on Article 27(3) REE - hereby formally notifies all parties concerned of the following:

• Foundation paper F consists of two parts with 15 questions each.
• The marking is based on an overall scale ranging from 0 to 100 points.
• Paper F comprises different types of questions, as detailed in Rule 22(4) IPREE.
• In accordance with Rule 6(2)a) IPREE all questions of paper F are marked using autoscoring.
• The range of achievable points per question varies from 1-5 depending on the difficulty of the question and the complexity of the answer to be given.
• A full mock version with the two parts of paper F  is now available:
  https://link.epo.org/elearning/EQE_mock_paper_F_EN
  
  

Calendars for time limit calculation purposes will not be provided to candidates as part of the examination paper. Candidates are therefore instructed to use their own calendars for the year of the examination and the two previous years and have these calendars in a printed format available during the examination. Candidates are also required to refer to the official notice listing the dates on which the EPO filing offices are closed which is published each year in the Official Journal. Candidates will be able to access the EPO website for this during the exam.

Candidates are further reminded, in accordance with Rule 22 IPREE (OJ 2024, A25), that they are expected to be familiar with the documents listed in Rule 21(1)(a), (b), (e), (g), (h), (i), (j), (m) and (o), to the extent expected of a candidate with one year of professional experience. Paper F will not contain topics beyond this legal basis.

 

For the Examination Board 

The Chairman

Jakob Kofoed