Patent Attorney Ordinance
(PatAO)

¹Part 3 of the ex­am­in­a­tion is con­duc­ted in writ­ing.

²At least one of the ex­am­iners who pre­pared this part of the ex­am­in­a­tion must be present. He or she ad­vises the can­did­ate on the de­tails per­tain­ing to the con­duct of the ex­am­in­a­tion pri­or to com­mence­ment of the ex­am­in­a­tion.

³This part of the ex­am­in­a­tion shall have a dur­a­tion of six hours.

⁴The can­did­ate shall provide the an­swers to the ex­am­in­a­tion in an­onymised form.

⁵The ex­am­iners en­trus­ted with mark­ing the ex­am­in­a­tions shall de­term­ine their as­sess­ment jointly.