The Patent Examination Board (PEB) published the results of the 2022 Foundation Certificate (FC) and Final Diploma (FD) exams on Monday 27 March 2023. For all papers, pass rates were higher than in 2021, with significant increases in the cases of FC1, FD1, FD3 and FD4. Indeed, the FD4 pass rate, at 58%, was the highest this century: above the …
Booking is now open for our revision courses for PEB 2023
Booking via our website and phone is now open for our revision courses for the PEB 2023 exams. We have agreed dates with tutors for our revision courses for the Foundation Certificate (FC) and (with the exception of two FD1 courses) for the Final Diploma (FD) papers for the 2023 PEB Exams. For a preview of course dates, see the …
Book by JDD’s Ian Derbyshire is published this month
The book, The Iron Raj: Railways’ Economic Impact on Uttar Pradesh and Colonial North India (1860-1914) by JDD’s Ian Derbyshire is published this month. This 601-page monograph is based on decades of research and builds on his PhD thesis. It sets out the diverse economic and social impacts of the introduction and spread of railways in the North Indian province/state …
We have added a further Paper C EQE course
In response to demand, we are holding a further EQE Paper C revision course with Chris Mercer and Etta Rooney. This 1.8 day course will be held over Zoom/ViCo on Thursday 8th and Friday 9th December and the course fee is £600+vat to reflect the fact that there will be no accommodation and meals, as it is not an in …
We have added a 2-day split FD1 Zoom-based course on 1 and 26 August 2022
We have added a further 2-day Zoom-based split FD1 course (22/ZA) with Andy Caulfield, with Day 1 on 1 August and Day 2 on 26 August 2022. Day 1 of the course will cover the format of the exam, resources available to assist with studying, a suggested study timetable, discussion of the key parts of the Act, how to answer …
Our revision courses for EQE 2023 – dates announced
We have agreed dates with our tutors for our revision courses for EQE 2023 – please see our EQE pages and EQE 2022 courses leaflet. Our suites of Papers A&B, C and D courses are in the weeks 14-19 November 2022 and between 28 November and 2 December 2022- you can take, one, two or three courses and there is …
Thanks to all those who attended the 21 April 2022 CIPA Student Conference
Last week’s (21 April 2022) CIPA Student Conference, in Birmingham, was a great success and very well attended. Congratulations to CIPA and the Informals for organizing this annual event which brings together trainees from across the UK. We were pleased to be one of the event’s sponsors again and enjoyed the interactions with attendees. The presentations were informative and well …
We hope the EQE 2022 exams went well and you had success in PEB 2021
We hope the recent EQE exams and Pre-exam went well and please do share with us any feedback on the exams. The PEB 2021 results are also now being released to candidates and fingers crossed that you had success. For those now taking further papers in PEB 2022, please note that bookings are already strong for many of the FC …
Our May-August courses for the 2022 PEB examinations
We gave agreed with tutors the dates for our revision courses for the Foundation Certificate (FC) and Final Diploma (FD) papers for the 2022 PEB Exams. A Leaflet PEB 2022 and PEB courses calendar is available. The FC courses include three in-person (FC1, FC3 and FC4) and two Zoom-based (FC2 and FC5) courses and will be held between 28 June …
Further EQE Papers A&B and Paper C Zoom-based courses have been added – Paper C on 15-16 November and A&B on 17-18 November 2021
In response to demand, we have added a further 2-day Zoom-based EQE Papers A&B course 22/E11, with Iain Russell and Guy Warner. It is on Wed-Thur 17-18 November 2021 and the fee is £560+vat. We have also added a further 1.8-day Zoom-based EQE Paper C course 22/E12, with Chris Mercer and Henrietta Rooney. It is on Mon-Tue 15-16 November 2021 …