Joining APEB
Join APEB and participate in its professional community!
Eligibility Requirements
And has devoted, for more than three years, a substantial part of their professional activity to representing, advising, assisting, or providing services to individuals or companies in order to secure, exploit, or defend their patent rights.Or, if not meeting conditions 1 and 2, has devoted for more than seven years a substantial part of their professional activity to the same type of work described above.
Trainee Members
Any individual may be admitted as such, provided that they:
(i) hold one of the qualifications listed in paragraphs 5-II-1 a) to c), without meeting the three-year professional activity requirement;
or (ii) meet the condition set out in paragraph 5-II-1 d), without meeting the seven-year professional activity requirement;
or (iii) are pursuing studies aimed at obtaining one of the qualifications listed in paragraphs 5-II-1 a) to c).
or (ii) meet the condition set out in paragraph 5-II-1 d), without meeting the seven-year professional activity requirement;
or (iii) are pursuing studies aimed at obtaining one of the qualifications listed in paragraphs 5-II-1 a) to c).
Trainee member status is retained until one of the conditions for admission as a full member is met, at which point full member status is acquired automatically.
The trainee membership fee is set at 50% of the fee applicable to full members.