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2026 UK Patent Attorney Exams Accredited

IPReg has accredited the PEB qualifying examinations for 2026 and confirmed that the examinations will use the same format as in 2025.

We now have some welcome certainty about the 2026 UK qualifying examinations. IPReg has accredited the PEB Foundation Certificate and Final Diploma examinations for delivery in October 2026.

The PEB has also confirmed that the examinations will follow the same format as the 2025 examinations. Updated 2026 syllabi will be published before the examination session.

For candidates starting their preparation now, this means that there is no need to prepare for the substantially different Final Diploma format that had previously been proposed.

Read the PEB announcement

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