epi - European Patent Institute
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Professional context for European patent practice.
INSIGHT epi is a professional update show from the European Patent Institute, built around issues affecting European patent attorneys and candidates. Recent episodes explain the new EQE modules, generative AI guidance, and the mental strain of deadlines and performance expectations.
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INSIGHT epi is a focused professional podcast serving the European patent community. It works best as an informed briefing room rather than a personality-led talk show. The episodes stay close to institutional detail, practical obligations, and the lived demands of qualification and practice. One recent episode explains M1 in the new EQE, framing it as part of a graduated pathway to qualification. The conversation moves through claims analysis, Paper F, Paper B similarities, auto-scored sections, two-examiner marking, variable pass marks, and the uncertainty of a first run under a new system. That level of detail signals the show's core purpose. It helps practitioners and candidates understand how professional systems are being designed, interpreted, and implemented. Another episode turns to generative AI, but it avoids hype. The discussion centers on confidentiality, transparency, review of results, hallucinations, and the need to read AI guidance alongside existing professional conduct duties. The show treats tools as professional risks and responsibilities, not novelty items. Its mental-health material widens the frame without leaving the profession behind. Deadlines, prioritization, performance pressure, and career progression are discussed as routine pressures that can become damaging when ignored. The register remains careful and collegial. Even when the subject is stress, the show favors explanation over drama. Named contributors bring committee experience, examination-board perspective, or practitioner experience, giving the episodes an inside-the-profession feel. The result is narrow by design. Listeners looking for general technology, law, or wellness commentary may find it too specific. European patent professionals, trainees, and EQE candidates are much more likely to value its precision. INSIGHT epi is most useful when a policy change, exam reform, or professional concern needs context that sits between an official notice and an informal hallway conversation.
Made for: European patent attorneys, epi members, trainees, and EQE candidates who need practical context on exams, conduct, AI use, and professional wellbeing. It also suits listeners who follow how the European patent profession organizes and updates itself.
What sets it apart: The show speaks from inside the profession, with committee and examination perspectives placed alongside practitioner concerns. It turns formal updates into usable context without drifting into broad legal commentary.
As the professional body representing European Patent Attorneys, the epi is engaging with all things pertinent to our field on a continual basis.Whether you're an epi member or student, an EQE candidate - or just interested in what we are doing, look behind the scenes with “Insight epi”.
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A practical look at how patent attorneys are being asked to use AI without loosening standards.
This episode takes a steady, practical look at generative AI through the working standards of European patent attorneys, with the first Guidelines for the Use of Generative AI in the Work of Patent Attorneys, published during the council meeting on 17 November 2024, as its…
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Julia Gwilt and Liz Elmhurst explain how Paper M1 fits into the new EQE for trainees with approximately two years of professional experience.
Insight EPI examines Enlarged Board of Appeal decision G1/23 and its treatment of reproducibility under Article 54.2 EPC.
Insight EPI examines G1/24 on heated aerosol patents, focusing on how the Enlarged Board of Appeal interprets claims alongside descriptions and drawings.
Insight EPI examines how artificial intelligence is changing European patent drafting through a discussion with patent attorneys Bastian Best and Jan-Christian Schütte, hosted by Johannes Schmid.
["Insight EPI\u2019s special episode on \"epi guidelines: Use of generative AI\" centers on the European Patent Institute\u2019s first Guidelines for the Use of Generative AI in the Work of Patent Attorneys, approved at the 17 November 2024 council meeting.", "Martina Stork, a European and German patent attorney in Munich and chair of the Professional Conduct Committee, speaks with Tim Powell, a UK private-practice patent attorney and principal author of the guidelines.", "Powell explains why the PCC chose guidelines instead of binding conduct rules, how generative AI differs from non-generative tools, and why hallucinations like a fake Queen song title matter.", "The conversation also covers confidentiality, checking AI output, client wishes, cross-contamination, AI disclosure, fee charging, and why the document is expected to evolve with experience."]
This episode explores mental health challenges in the patent profession, specifically focusing on how deadlines and performance pressure affect professionals, featuring insights from experienced patent attorneys.