REPRESENTATION
epi
New epi Tutorial
PQC (Professional Qualification Committee of the epi) has developed a new approach for the epi Tutorials based on the known tutorials, on the experiences of tutors, and on discussions with members of the Examination Board. Every year members of the three Examination Committees meet with tutors to explain the papers and comment on the expected solutions. To spread out this knowledge a tutors' meeting is scheduled in the summer. Those tutors who have attended the Tutors' Meeting will then pass on the information and explain how the papers are expected to be handled. The material used for the presentation is provided to all tutors.
The new epi Tutorial is a course comprising two modules – A/B and C/D – with a two-day seminar respectively. The seminars will be held Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. The groups will be small enough to allow intensive discussion, preferably 5 to 10 candidates per group. The papers can be booked independently.
In this year's tutorials the 2004 and 2005 papers will be considered. The papers can be downloaded from the EPO website (eqe.european-patent-office.org/site/archive/index.de.php). They are also available on CD-ROM.
Candidates should enrol for the tutorial as soon as possible, not later than 5 July for the summer tutorial, and by 5 September at the latest for the autumn tutorial.
Further details and an application form are published in issue 1/2006 of epi Information and are also available on the epi website www.patentepi.com.
For further information, please contact the epi Secretariat (Tel. (+49 89) 24 20 52-0
e-mail: info@patentepi.com).
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The Professional Qualification Committee of the Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (epi) is looking for tutors in the three official languages for the epi tutorials preparing for the European qualifying examination, in the fields of electricity/mechanics and chemistry.
All epi members willing to collaborate are requested to contact the epi Secretariat:
epi Secretariat
P.O. Box 26 01 12
D-80058 München
Tel.: (+49-89) 24 20 52-0
Fax: (+49-89) 24 20 52-20