DeltaPatents EQE Paper B Blog

With the results of the EQE expected to come out soon (or maybe they are already out when you read this), we of course hope that you passed all the papers you sat with flying colours. However, if it turns out you have not been not successful in a paper, maybe you are wondering whether it is worthwhile for you to file an appeal against the decision of the Examination Board.

This year Nyske and I tried Paper B. First impression is that this was a doable paper. There seems to be only one direction to go for a solution. As always there was some minor disagreement about the exact formulation of the claims, or what claims to include, but on the whole we were pretty much in agreement.

Below is our amended claim set. Below the cla...

 To all who sat the B-paper today:

What are your first impressions with respect to the very final B-paper? Any general or specific comments?

For example, was the subject-matter...

 Our Paper B 2026 blog will open for comments shortly after the end of the B-paper (so on 10 March 2026, shortly after 13:00).

We aim to post our provisional answers to the paper shortly after we have received a copy of the respective exam paper. Keep an eye out for further blog posts!

Do not post any comments as to the merits of the answers of a ce...

A few last-minute remarks in view of the papers of the second EQE week and maybe your final preparations for those.

Firstly, the EPO-website may look strange when you open for example the website compendium, the Guidelines or the Case Law Book. See the screenshot below:

If yours looks like this, cleari...