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The EPAC 2024 exam was held on Thu 10 Oct 24 – Part 1: 1000-1130 CET – 90 mins, Part 2: 1400-1600 CET – 120 mins. If you want to try yourself, see here for two files in English: EPAC-1 (2024), EPAC-2 (2024). The text was manually extracted from my WISEflow answers, so let us know if anything is missing.

• A better mix of questions than previous years, with more administrator questions and lighter legal questions.
• One question in Part 1 looks like it was copied from an EPO marketing brochure😉.
• The time available seemed reasonable on both parts. I ran out of time on Part 2.
• The extra 30 mins for Part 1 was much appreciated – it gave more time to think. I cannot imagine trying to do it in 60 mins like in 2023.
• I still struggle with the required detail for the open questions. The number of marks helps, but if there are more than one sub-question, it is still not clear.
• The PCT Applicants Guide available via External References was the EQE Candidate version of 31 Oct 2023.
• The 2025 EPO Closing Days distributed just a few days before the exam was luckily also available in the External References. But I still miss a simple calendar in WISEflow so that I can check for weekends.
• I noticed that it is now possible to open large PDF’s, like the EPO Guidelines, and to search them using the “magnifying glass” icon. For some reason, you need to click on the search button twice with each new query.
• Still no possibility to arrange tabs side-by-side. As a workaround, the notepad can be made tall and skinny and text from a tab can be copied in it for side-by-side comparison with your answer.
• Still no possibility to upload personal pdf’s for use during the exam, e.g. a Kindle-app in WISEflow.