Friday, April 07, 2023 EPAC 2023: exam dates announced and enrolment is open - and our course offer.

 EPAC 2023

The EPAC 2023 examination will be held online on 12 October 2023. We refer to the EPAC webpages on EPAC dates (here).

To enrol, two steps are needed: the first step is the creation of a personal profile (to be completed by 7 August 2023) and, only after the first step has been completed, the seconds step is the enrolment itself (the candidate’s request for enrolment and payment of prescribed fees must be received by 14 August 2023). Note that the deadlines are strictly enforced. We refer to the EPAC enrolment webpage for details (here).

More information about EPAC is available on the EPAC website from the EPO (here).

DeltaPatents course offer 

​DeltaPatents offers a course covering the EPAC syllabus for candidates that plan to sit EPAC 2023.

DeltaPatents has been offering a similar course to candidates preparing for the national formalities exam in the Netherlands, which also covers the EPC and PCT with essentially the same scope, for many years already. DeltaPatents was therefore able to already provide a course to prepare for EPAC 2022. Our course is now being further developed for EPAC 2023 using the teachings of  the EPAC 2022 course and examination. The course is designed for and directed to paralegals, patent administrators and formalities officers, with at least a couple of years experience. 

The EPAC Training course consists of a series of 13 half-day online sessions, with interactive presentations and homework by which candidates can further develop their knowledge, understanding and skill. Candidates will need to have sufficient time available to make the homework to benefit optimally from the course. By providing the sessions already as of 18 April 2023, participants will have sufficient time to prepare for the exam. By using half-day sessions, the amount of new information per session is kept at a manageable level. By using an online format, participants can take part from all over Europe – or even outside.

See here for details and enrollment to our EPAC training.