REPRESENTATION
European qualifying examination
Instructions to candidates for preparing their answers
Having regard to Articles 13 and 15(1) and (2) of the Regulation on the European qualifying examination for professional representatives (REE) as worded in the text dated 9 December 1993 (OJ EPO 1994, 7), the Examination Board hereby amends its instructions (OJ EPO 1998, 119) with effect from 20 January 1999 as follows:
II. Instructions to candidates regarding Paper A
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8. In addition to their answer, candidates may (although this is not mandatory) set out on a separate sheet of paper the reasons for their choice of answer: for example, why they selected a particular form of claim, a particular feature for an independent claim or a particular piece of prior art as starting point, or why they rejected or preferred a particular item of prior art.
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IV. Instructions to candidates regarding Paper C
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14. The notice of opposition should contain all those (and no other) grounds - where possible against all the claims - which candidates consider in this particular case to be prejudicial to the maintenance of the patent. The omission of a good ground for opposition will lead to a loss of marks commensurate with the importance of the ground in the case concerned. The grounds of Article 100(b) will not be used.
Candidates must also briefly set out on a separate sheet the reasons why they adopted or did not adopt the suggestions of the client. In addition any questions the client may have posed should be answered.
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