Because of the Covid-19 situation, we held all our 2020 courses remotely, using Zoom or Microsoft Teams, instead of in person in Milton Keynes. In February 2021, the Covid-19 situation in the UK remains very challenging. But, with vaccination gathering pace and the potential for transmission rates to drop significantly during the summer, it seems feasible that we may be …
Breaking News: EPO announces 16-19 March 2020 EQE exams (and Pre-exam) cancelled (or postponed) because of Covid-19
The EPO has announced today (5 March 2020) that, “in response to the latest developments regarding the spread of the COVID-19 (novel Coronavirus) and in line with the precautionary measures taken by the EPO, the Supervisory Board of the European qualifying examination has decided to cancel the EQE (pre-examination and main examination papers). The Supervisory Board is currently assessing whether …
Dates are now confirmed for FC and FD 2020 courses with booking now open
We have now agreed with tutors* the dates for our summer 2020 revision courses for the Foundation Certificate (FC) and Final Diploma (FD) 2020 Patent Examination Board (PEB) exams. Leaflet PEB 2020 We are opening booking this week. There will be an Introduction to FD4 course on 28 May and then the main suite of FD courses will be held …
Response to complaint concerning inappropriate promotion of tutors’ firm during a recent course
Soon after our E6 course on 28-29 November 2019, we received complaints from two firms that at the end of a session, during the lunch period, the tutors displayed some slides which contained information about their firm, including one slide which set out a vacancy. Unsurprisingly the firms complained that this had the appearance of headhunting in front of a …
Places remaining on PEB and EQE courses
Below is the current status (as at 9am on 31 July) of places still available on our courses for the PEB and EQE examinations. PEB courses Courses full: 19A; 19B; 19C; 19D; 19E; 19F; 19G; 19H; 19I; 19J; 19K; 19L; 19P; 19Q; 19R; 19S; 19V. Courses with 3 or fewer places left: 19M; 19N, 19O; 19W. EQE courses Courses E2, …
Our courses for EQE 2020: dates announced
We have agreed dates with our tutors for our courses for EQE 2020 – please see our EQE pages and EQE 2020 courses leaflet. Our suite of Papers A&B, C and D courses are in the week 25-29 November 2019 – you can take, one, two or three courses and there is a special discount if you book the full …
JDD analysis of the PEB 2018 exam results
Pass rates for all candidates taking the Final Diploma (FD) papers in the PEB 2018 exams improved for FD1, FD2 and FD3, but for FD4 fell to a twenty year low. The FD1 pass rate was 70% for those attending JDD FD1 courses in 2018. This compared to a pass rate of 53% for other candidates. And 46% of the other …
PEB publishes overall results for PEB 2018 – good for FD1, FD2, FD3, bad for FD4
Results are out. The PEB has published overall pass rates for PEB 2018. (Pass lists are set to follow tomorrow). First the good news: the pass rate was a record 73% for FD3 and was above average for FD1 (61%) and FD2 (54%). The sad news: the FD4 pass rate was 34% (this was after the PEB lowered the pass mark …
Dates released for our revision courses for the PEB’s 2019 Foundation Certificate and Final Diploma exams
We have now agreed with tutors the dates for our summer 2019 revision courses for the Foundation Certificate (FC) and Final Diploma (FD) 2019 Patent Examination Board (PEB) exams. Leaflet for 2019 courses Calendar for 2019 courses We will be putting the course dates on this website and opening booking on Monday 28 January. There is an Introduction to FD4 course on 23 May and then …
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