The examination schedule for the EQE 2021 has been revised as follows: The notice of the Examination Secretariat dated 15 November 2018 (Archive) is no longer valid. Delta Patents. I agree with AnonymousMarch 03, 2021 2:30 pm 25 micrometre was optional only if a thermal insulation wasn't needed. And that there is no need to incorporate explicitly in the claim whether it is a bed for sleeping or a bed for growing flowers. 84.In particular, F-IV 4.6.1 strongly suggests that if it is not the only distinguishing feature, it is still required that “their meaning must be clear in the context of the whole disclosure of the application or patent”, so it is not true that it categorically ‘may not be objected to’.And whether the meaning of ‘low’ and ‘high’ is clear in the context of the application, I believe this has been discussed extensively in our blog: in particular, ‘low’ seems (very) unclear ('how low is low'?). "to cool" already implies that the temperature is reduced.So "to cool to a low temperature" MUST provide an additional limitation due to the addition "to a low temperature". Auch in der Business-Klasse setzt Daimler künftig auf ein Elektroauto: Der neue Mercedes EQE soll ab Ende 2021 im Werk Bremen gebaut werden, kurze Zeit später folgt der Produktionsbeginn im chinesischen Werk Peking. Learn how to deal with the new online exam. Ab 1. To ensure a smooth enrolment procedure for the EQE, candidates are reminded of the strict application of the closing dates for enrolment. Mercedes EQE kommt 2021. Our EQE blogs will be open for your comments and opinions w.r.t. The pre-exam will take place on March 1, 2021. I am not sure that it will possible an EQE exam this year in Italy. The EQE Pre-Exam training will be given by Natasja Duhayon, Jeroen Declerck and/or Cees Mulder and Nyske Blokhuis. The pre-examination will be held on 1 March 2021. Pre-Exam 2021 blog will open after the end of the exam, 1 March 2021 16:40 Good luck with your Pre-Exam! Hi Amy, as we already indicted on the blogs with our answers, the order of the questions was randomized in each of the legal parts (not in the claims analysis parts), and within each question the order of the statements was randomized.So different candidates got the questions (in part) and statements in different sequences. Organisation: European Patent Academy It's a convention center in north Munich which is the site of the EQE this year. 2021 EQE will be different. I believe those are great arguments to appeal.C. No. This seems like a very bad idea.- Flora. The EPO has released the first detailed information for candidates on the arrangements for the online pre-EQE and EQE next year. I've checked my answers against the examiner's report, and it looks to me like they took the answer as FALSE (I answered TRUE, and an incorrect answer on that question tallies with my overall mark). In 2020, we do not expect that travelling from different countries to the Netherlands will be possible, or at least difficult. Mercedes-Benz EQE in Filderstadt, Germany Gespottet am 2021-03-09 19:48 von funspotter All events are cancelled. Mitteilung des Prüfungssekretariats; EEP 2021 – Wichtige Informationen. 84 unless the term has a well-recognised meaning in the particular art, e.g. "So, according to paragraph 1 "For these terms to be allowed, their meaning must be clear in the context of the whole disclosure of the application or patent", and the meaning of the "low" is not clearly defined in the application (paragraph [015]), as the term is used in "allowing the photochromic lens to cool to a low temperature". According minimum pass grade to every paper for every candidate? The course is open only for candidates who have enrolled for the EQE Pre-exam 2021. Sicher Dir jetzt deinen Platz: PM01-2021, the 2021 e-EQE (session for tutor's only), am 01/14/2021 (Online Event). Whoohoo I passed. The two-day Intensive Course will take place on 21 and 22 January 2021, for French, German and English-speaking candidates. GL 2019 F-IV 4.6.1,"Relative or similar terms such as "thin", "wide" or "strong" constitute a potentially unclear element due to the fact that their meaning may change depending on the context. Aussage: Die Jahresgebühr für EP-A für das dritte Jahr hätte am 3. In comparisson the EQE is a local event. I assumed neutralization as no TRUE or FALSE answer is given in the Examiner's Report.But yes, I agree that the arguments given read more towards FALSE than towards TRUE, and that we may have missed this statement. The Examiner's report provides:"Question 10 mistakenly refers to applicant B and applicant A while it was intended to refer to only one applicant B different from applicant A of question 4. I believe that they wrongly consider 12.4 to be false and 19.4 to be true.Is an appeal worth it in these cases?CM. e-EQE 2021… If you want to try yourself, see here for complete copies with first the printable parts and the online only parts. Die Produktion soll in der zweiten Jahreshälfte in der Mercedes-Fabrik in Bremen beginnen. Die europäische Patentanmeldung EP-A wurde am 7. Megan 15 March 2021 at 12:23: the decisions cited above only provide that categorical, "free" marks are against REE/IPREE. @Megan 15 March 2021 at 11:54: no - see REE/IPREE that gives the pass and comp fail levels. However, waiving the pre-EQE will not ultimately affect the path the qualification in any way, as pre-EQE candidates will still have to pass the main EQEs. Allowing pre-EQE candidates to sit the main exams in 2021 prevents them from losing a year, minimising harm, and the only negative effect is on the administrators and markers of the main exam (which will happen regardless - at some point there will be a double year). Is there even a likelihood of success?The DP answers provided for 12.4 and 14.4 do not align with the answers provided by the examiners. In real life, I would however challenge those arguments if used by the Examiner, arguing that:- is it really "clearly distinguished" in the claim? Neueste Beiträge. individual Pre-Exam results are available in MyEQE now. the Pre-Exam , A , B , C and D shortly after the exams. Kandidaten. Rather confusing language. vor 1 Monat. In the past, they made sure that the conditions are equal everywhere, so they cannot let it go ahead in some places and not in others. (see also below). The 12-day Pre-Exam Integrated course is constructed in a way that candidates have to travel 4 times to the Netherlands. Our EQE blogs will be open for your comments and opinions w.r.t. The main exam will take place on March 2 to 4, 2021. I agree, until the EQE secretariat says otherwise I won't be ceasing my studies. Then, the decision to have examination lies on Secretariat. Such sentence "could" have been considered to be clear if had stated as "allowing the photochromic lens to cool to a lower temperature", considering temperatures for the comparison under the temperatures in paragraph [016] (Preferably, the silicon dioxide is heated to about 1500 °C, about 1600 °C, about 1700 °C or about 1800 °C. The Examination Secretariat will revert back to you as soon as there is a decision taken by the Supervisory Board. Hello, Italian authority have forbidden any gathering and even sitting of exams in view of the outbreak of the Corona-Virus. Day/Tag/jour . 01.03.2021 . That is a complication that was (I think) not intended, but it is there...See the claims analysis blog for discussions on this.Our False answer is based in what we expect as what should be the answer.There is however nothing wrong with the True reasoning that we show as "True can also be argued" on the claims analysis blog - which derives from dealing with the obvious error in D2 using GL G-IV, 9 (errors in prior art documents).If the difference between the description in D2 and the Fig of D2 would be considered an error in the paper, that would be a good argument for neutralization.If the difference between the description in D2 and the Fig of D2 is intentional, then GL G-IV, 9 should be used; in that case, the claim would be new, contrary to the current answer in the Examiner's Report - a good argument for neutralization. All duty travel is cancelled for EPO employees in March and April, so there can nobody be there from EPO to supervise. The skilled person will have no clarity problems at all, and it is the context that helps to identify who the skilled person is (i.e., in which field).Similar for engine (engine for designed to convert one form of energy into mechanical energy acc wiki; engine in CII as the core software necessary for a program to properly run, such as a game engine acc wiki), library (physical space with books; set of software modules; library for genetic engineering), ...Also see Case Law Boo II.A.3.1:"Claims lack clarity if the exact distinctions which delimit the scope of protection cannot be learnt from them (T 165/84, T 6/01). @ms: I also not spot any differences between our answers (legal and claims analysis parts) and the Examiner's Report (except for the order and except that the low-statement is left unanswered in the latter). Is the EPO taking into account this situation and proposing some solutions (alternative date, having the student sitting the exam in a different place ...)?-G. Dear G,That is a question that we cannot answer. Confirmed in T 56/04, T 64/03, T 1265/13.In T 49/99 the board held that since clarity was a claim requirement, A CLARITY DEFICIENCY IN THE CLAIM WORDING WAS NOT RECTIFIED BY THE FACT THAT THE DESCRIPTION AND THE DRAWINGS WOULD HELP the reader to understand the technical subject-matter that the claim was intended to define. The situation is quite different between for example North Italy and South Italy. Is there any chance of success?Thank you in advance. 19.4 Examiner's Report: TRUE - This amendment is based on the combination of IV.1, IV.7 and [005] of thedescription of the application. All our answers to Q.1-Q.9 in the legal part correspond to the answers in the Examiner's Report. I disagree with the Examiner’s report regarding statement 12.4.The statement that “if a relative term is not the only feature to distinguish the subject- matter of a claim from the prior art, the use of the relative term may not be objected to underArticle 84 EPC” seems to be an inverse error ('denying the antecedent', see Wikipedia), because the actual text of the GL only states that if it is the only distinguishing feature, then it must be objected to under Art. I agree that the Figure in D2 show that the cover part is divided into FOUR foldable parts. It could all be solved, but not within two weeks.I agree it is horrible and it does not really solve anything - we will be back again discussing this in May or June. September 2021) den EQE offiziell vorstellen. The clarity stipulation under Art. Lösungsvorschlag Rechtsfragen Pre-EQE 2021. Die volledig elektrische nieuwkomer van Mercedes was nog niet eerder te zien. New instructions for answering the pre-exam and new marking scheme - no marks for a Q if not all statements answered. 2. Admission and final dates for enrolment o Enrolment to the Pre-examination will only be open for candidates who have registered at the latest by 15 January of the year in which they Theshipping box comprises four flaps extending respectively from each of the four walls. In response to the latest developments and in line with recommendations issued by international health authorities, the Office has adopted the following precautionary measures for all of its sites: - External partners are kindly requested to abstain from visiting the EPO if they have recently visited China, the "red area" of Italy (Bertonico, Casalpusterlengo, Castelgerundo, Castiglione d'Adda, Codogno, Fombio, Maleo, San Fiorano, Somaglia, Terranova dei Passerini and Vò) and South Korea.- Meetings of up to 50 (external) participants will go ahead as planned (under the precautions stated above). De Citan kwam vandaag ook al voorbij rijden, maar het echt grote nieuws is deze EQE. Only few decisions by the DBA are successful, probably largely because of the limited scope of competence of the Disciplinary Board (See Art.24 REE and see case law, e.g., D 3/14, reasons 5 and 11-14).Note that your PASS/FAIL-decision has been issued so can in principle only be changed when you appeal and when the appeal is successful. I can imagine that some statements may be considered sufficiently clear to not result in a general neutralization, whereas an individual neutralization may be done (e.g., if the order in which you got the questions or in particular statements within a question caused/increased an unclarity, whereas the presentation in any other order would not really have an unclarity).It is not know how many Pre-Exam appeal are filed every year, nor how many are successful via interlocutory revision. Than I can imagine that such a difference can occur if they did not neutralize all of those, and if we maybe also have 1 wrong.If you relied on our "expected" answers (single answer per statement), then can I suggest that you recheck your answers? This may also have had the side-effect that some got it in a more natural order than others which may have affected the difficulty level somewhat- e.g., the renewal fee question some got the statements in sequences 3rd-4th-5th-div year, others in 5th-div-3rd-4th, and again others in div-3rd-5th-4th... My letter European qualifying examination - Pre-examination - Communication of grade awarded from Chairman of the Examination Board has date 31-03-2021. My mark is two point less, interesting! Mercedes-Benz is building up steam, ahem, electrons to challenge a certain former Silicon Valley startup for a share of the luxury electric vehicle market. "but lost two from the low question": what answer did you than consider that the Examiner's Report gives? Russell IP hosted a series of five free webinars from 18-22 January 2021, primarily for candidates who were affected by the cancellation of the European Qualifying Examination (EQE) in 2020 as a result of the pandemic.