Friday, March 05, 2021 Paper C 2021 - First solution

We're still working on double checking the solution to Paper C 2021, but we didn't want to delay posting a solution any longer.  

My first impression was that the first half was a bit more work than the second half. The claims related to some fairly complex mechanical structures, so in the first half you spent quite some time getting a grip on things. The second half had more tricky features though, although perhaps a bit less work.  

A funny detail is that some of the dramatis personae of Paper C 2015 returned in this paper. In 2015 Mr. Eilasie Kacez of Sabela Sports Industries asked the attorney Ms Molly Dorsett Pauley to file an opposition against Winterwute Corp. Now in 2021, Eilasie Kaceth (the same person?) switched jobs, but again asks Ms Molly Dorsett Pauley to file an opposition against Winterwute Corp.

We found the following attacks against the claims in the first part

Claim 1: Not novel against A3

Claim 2: Not inventive against A3 + A4 + A6

Claim 3:  Not novel against A3

 

For the claims in the second part

Claim 4: Not novel against A5

Claim 5: Not inventive against A4 + A5

Claim 6 +1 : added subject matter, no disclosure for spacers and 35% of RZCH

Claim 6+5 + range 17-23 has partial priority from P2. Is not inventive against A4+A5

Claim 6+5 + range 23-35 has the filing date. Is not inventive against A2+A6

Friday, March 05, 2021 Paper C e-EQE 2021: first impressions?

To all who sat the C-paper today:

What are your first impressions to this year's C-paper? Any general or specific comments?

What was the effect of doing it online? Of typing your answer rather than writing it by hand? Could you benefit from being able to copy from the exam paper into your answer? And from copying parts of your answer elsewhere into your answer?

How did you experience taking the exam from your home or office location rather than in an examination center?

(How) was it different due to the due of the LockDown Browser?

What was the effect of the situation that you had to take the exam largely from the screen (as only a  part could be printed) rather than from paper?

Did you experience any technical difficulties during the exam? How & how fast were they solved?

How did you handle the situation with the paper being split into two parts?

What was the effect of the paper being split into two parts? 

How did you use the break?

How did this year's C-paper compare to the C papers of 2013 - 2019?

Any pleasant and/or unpleasant surprises?

The paper and our answers

[Update 7 March 2021:] A copy of the paper, together with the claims for part 2, is available here. 

(We expect that the  C paper will be made available in all three languages from the EQE website, Compendium, PaperC )

We give the core of our answer in a separate blog: here.

We look forward to your comments!

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