Tuesday, July 04, 2023 EQE 2023 results available in MyEQE -- (update:) and statistics

EQE 2023 main exam candidates have received their results today (4 July).

Congratulations to all that passed one or more papers! 🥂🍾🎈🥳💐

And to those that passed the complete EQE, in first and single sit or spread over several years: double congratulations: if you are a patent attorney trainee, you are just a request for entry on the list (and the decision to grant that request) away from being a European Patent Attorney (professional representative on the list). Hope to meet you at some EPO, epi or other kind of event in the future!

Update 5 July 11:30: The Examiner's Reports are not yet available (except that for paper A, available 4 July late afternoon). nor are the statistics.

Update 5 July 15:20: The Examiner's Reports are available on the Compendium pages; However, statistics are not yet available.

Update 6&11 July: The Candidate's answers are now also available on the Compendium pages. As you may see on LinkedIn, the English Candidate's answer for D 2023 is from one of "our" candidates: nice compliment Laura, to have been selected (also for us as your tutors ;)) We are also proud that also the German Candidate's answer for D is from one of "our" candidates of our courses in German. And... also the French Candidate's answer for D is from one of "our" candidates of our courses in French!🥂🍾

Update 11 July 11:40: Still no statistics yet for Pre-Exam nor main exam papers. Candidates asked me when to expect them - I do not know either, but I can give historical data. Statistics were published for Pre-Exam and main exam at the same time. For EQE 2022 the statistics were available quickly, the day after the main exam results. But for EQE 2021, the results letters for the main exam were send to the candidates on 21 June while the statistics came out only on 6 July.

Update 14 August: The statistics have been published late July (dated 18 July 2023)!

Pre-Exam 2023: 519 candidates,  84,78 % pass, 15,33 % fail 

Paper A 2023: 873 candidates, 70,56% pass, 4,35 % compensable fail, 25,09 % fail

Paper B 2023: 820 candidates, 61,52% pass, 9,17 %  compensable fail,  29,31 % fail

Paper C 2023: 1176 candidates, 54,08 % pass, 12,08 % compensable fail, 33,84 % fail

Paper D 2023: 836 candidates, 38,28 % pass, 10,29 % compensable fail, 51,43% fail 

The pass rate for Pre-Exam 2023 is in the usual range (ignoring Pre-Exam 2022 in which 30 marks were neutralized). The relative low low number of Pre-Exam candidates (usually 700-900) is probably an effect of the lower hiring of trainees during the COVID-period.

The pass rate for A 2023 is higher than the usual range (50-60% from 2015-2019 and 2022) but comparable to A 2021 (which was exceptionally high at 74%).

The pass rate for B 2023 is in the usual range (65-75% from 2015-2019 and 2022; with B 2021 being lower than the usual at 55%).

The pass rate for C 2023 is in the usual range (39-54% from 2015-2021, and 2022l after an exceptionally low C 2014 at 34%).

The pass rate for D 2023 is in the low end of the usual range  (usually between 35 and 55%), possibly due to high pass rate of Pre-Exam 2022 -with a 97% pass rate as 30 marks were neutralized- and D 2022 – few resitters.

Comparing with the last two, online, exams of EQE 2022 and EQE 2021 (note the latter had many more sitters due to cancellation of EQE 2020):

Pre-Exam 2022: 680 candidates, 96,76% pass, 3,24% fail - note: Part 3, 25 marks and Q.20, 5 marks were neutralized
Pre-Exam 2021: 626 candidates, 87,38% pass, 12.62% fail
Paper A 2022: 886 candidates, 59,82 % pass, 13.09 % compensable fail, 27,09 % fail
Paper A 2021: 1905 candidates, 74,38% pass, 4,41 % compensable fail, 21,21 % fail
Paper B 2022: 1158 candidates, 77,55 % pass, 6,74 %  compensable fail,  15,72 % fail
Paper B 2021: 2005 candidates, 55,26 % pass, 10,02 % compensable fail, 34,71 % fail
Paper C 2022: 1400 candidates, 49,14 % pass, 12,07 % compensable fail, 38,79 % fail
Paper C 2021: 1852 candidates, 47,08 % pass, 9,67 % compensable fail, 43,25 % fail
Paper D 2022: 704 candidates, 62,64 % pass, 8,52 % compensable fail, 28,84% fail – note: Question 5, 5 marks, was neutralized, so this is not a very good reference – check D 2019 instead
Paper D 2021: 2003 candidates, 85,87 % pass, 5,89 % compensable fail, 8,24 % fail – note: complete part D1-1, 25 mark, was neutralized, so that D 2019 is a more realistic  reference (which had a relatively high pass rate):
Paper D 2019: 1133 candidates, 52 % pass, 11 % compensable fail, 36 % fail 

For 2019 and the preceding 5 years, see here.