The self-editable EPC and PCT reference books

No more marking a printed legal text by hand and watching the marked-up book to become outdated with the next version...
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What are the EPC.App / PCT.App?

EPC.App is an annotated European Patent Convention (EPC) and PCT.App an annotated Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), which allow each user to further annotate them electronically and to receive updates from the authors while retaining individual user annotations.

EPC.App /PCT.App are printable electronic books implemented as a web browser application (App), which offer to the more than 1000 registered users:

  • to access and navigate the annotated legal text from anywhere via an internet connection
  • to adapt authors' annotations and legal contents to personal preferencesarrow_drop_down
    • remove individual authors' markings
    • change marking styles and colors
    • hide individual authors' comments and legal contents
  • to add own annotations and legal contents, which get stored in the cloudarrow_drop_down
    • markings of the legal text
    • comments as separate text blocks (with links to other parts)
    • further elements selectable from a comprehensive database of relevant legal contents
  • to receive automatic updates of legal texts and authors' comments plural times per year
  • to create a printable PDF-file as offline version or backup, which includes all self-edited content and reproduces the layout of the App
  • to order a correspondingly customized color paperback with up-to-date content and typed user comments
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For whom are the EPC.App / PCT.App?

EPC.App and PCT.App are intended for both the Practitioner and the Trainee. They are dedicated to be used when preparing for the European Qualifying Examination (EQE) and for working as a Professional thereafter. They are equally suitable for the European patent administration certification (EPAC).

  • People are different. We believe that the optimum preparation for the EQE / EPAC requires an annotated EPC / PCT which is adapted to the personal needs of the respective user
  • EPC.App /PCT.App provide a platform and a starting point for doing this efficiently (video)
    • start with authors' content selections, comments, and markings
    • adapt all authors' contributions according to your wishes, and add own comments and markings
    • receive authors' updates during your exam preparation process without losing already created own annotations (video)
  • There are great books full of detailed information on the EPC / PCT
  • EPC.App / PCT.App help finding the most relevant information quickly
    • by filtering out less important information
    • by allowing electronic content search
    • by providing links to other parts of the EPC / PCT and external websites
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  • It requires a lot of time and discipline to keep a once prepared EPC / PCT up-to-date
  • EPC.App / PCT.App allow doing this in a time-saving and convenient manner (video)
    • by author-provided automatic updates
    • by automatically generated notes informing which of your own comments require reconsideration, and automatic copying of unaffected comments
  • It is difficult to efficiently remember important case law retrieved over time
  • EPC.App / PCT.App allow building up your own annotated case law database (video)
    • plural thousands Boards of Appeal decisions including headnotes and web-links to the full text, and the possibility to add own summarizing comments
    • variable placement of decision (e.g. next to a related article)
    • always available in a cloud storage as well as in a printable local pdf copy
date_range20 Apr. 2026

EPC.App is now updated to legal status of 1st April 2026 – as usual in English and German with same content.

Read more about the update on our blog.

date_range4 Nov. 2025

EPC.App is now updated to legal status of 1st November 2025 – as usual in English and German with same content.

Read more about the update on our blog.

date_range30 Sep. 2025

PCT.App is now updated to legal status of 1st September 2025

This 7th edition our PCT commentary is dedicated for use in EQE 2026. Any changes of the update are automatically included in the online version on the next login. New printable PDFs as well as print-on-demand orders can be created. As usual, we further released this edition as standalone softcover book in English, available in many Amazon marketplaces (see also here), and in a German version with same content.

date_range10 Apr. 2025

EPC.App is now updated to legal status of 1st April 2025 – as usual in English and German with same content.

Read more about the update on our blog.

date_range5 Nov. 2024

EPC.App is now updated to legal status of 1st November 2024 – as usual in English and German with same content.

Read more about the update on our blog.

  • date_range30 Sep. 2024

    PCT.App is now updated to legal status of 1st September 2024

    This 6th edition our PCT commentary is dedicated for use in EQE 2025. Any changes of the update are automatically included in the online version on the next login. New printable PDFs as well as print-on-demand orders can be created. As usual, we further released this edition as standalone softcover book in English, available in many Amazon marketplaces (see also here), and in a German version with same content.

    Read more about the update on our blog.

  • date_range8 Apr. 2024

    EPC.App is now updated to legal status of 1st April 2024 – as usual in English and German with same content.

    Read more about the update on our blog.

  • date_range13 Nov. 2023

    EPC.App is now updated to legal status of 1st November 2023 – as usual in English and German with same content.

    Read more about the update on our blog.

  • date_range3 Oct. 2023

    PCT.App is now updated to legal status of 1st September 2023

    This 5th edition our PCT commentary is dedicated for use in EQE 2024. Any changes of the update are automatically included in the online version on the next login. New printable PDFs as well as print-on-demand orders can be created. As usual, we further released this edition as standalone softcover book in English, available in many Amazon marketplaces (see also here), and in a German version with same content.

    Read more about the update on our blog.

  • date_range23 Jun. 2023

    We are pleased to inform that we strongly improved the quality of the print-on-demand service integrated in EPC.App and PCT.App. As of now, any new EPC.App or PCT.App color paperbacks will be printed on high density 100g image printing paper which ensures a more precise color reproduction, is thinner, more flexible and also leads to improved long-term stability of page binding at the spine.

    The ordering process remains the same as explained in the FAQs or illustrated in this video