Other useful online resources

This is not the only website dedicated to the EQE. If you're looking for more information about the exams, need training material, tips or training for passing the exam next year or want to join online discussions about it, have a look at the following websites.

Official websites

• The EQE website of the EPO
  Registration, regulations, more statistics, ...
• Old exam papers
  Also provided by the EPO. All exams since 1990 and the expected answers.

Courses

• The DeltaPatents EQE website
  Courses and training material. The courses are available in all three EPO languages.
• Maastricht University
  Another training provider with excellent tutors.

Books and other training material

• The Annotated European Patent Convention
  Derk Visser's detailed commentary on the EPC and EPO case law. The book that almost every candidate uses.
• References to the European Patent Convention
  Jelle Hoekstra's book. Less suitable for reading. More practical for quickly finding answers to exam questions.
• The Cross-Referenced Patent Cooperation Treaty
  And other EQE books by Cees Mulder.

Weblogs and social media

• The DeltaPatents EQE weblog
  News and public discussion about everything EQE.
• Salted Patent
  Another EQE weblog.

And, oh yeah, when you're looking for help with your patent work ...

• Keltie
  The IP firm I work for, with specialists for every patent, design or trademark job you can think of.