On October 31st this year the 500th anniversary of the Reformation will be celebrated. The day has been exceptionally designated a national holiday in Germany. The EPO filing offices in Munich, Berlin and The Hague will be open [1] on the 31st of October. However, due to the national holiday... Continue reading
DOCX filing The re-engineered patent process requires a publication-ready, full-text technical specification to be made available at the point of filing. This becomes possible if applications are filed in DOCX OOXML format – a format that is already being used by the vast majority of our users to compile technical... Continue reading
25 July 2017 update The EPO is pleased to inform users of its Online Filing software that a new update 5.0.11.166 for Version 5.10 (build 5.0.10.160 or higher) is now available for download. Users who prefer not to install it will, however, still be able to file online without any... Continue reading
Owing to technical maintenance work, new online filing (CMS) will be temporarily unavailable on Saturday, 1 July 2017, between 09.00 and approximately 11.30 hrs CET. To continue to file online during this downtime, please use Online Filing or the web-form filing service. We apologise for any inconvenience.
The EPO is pleased to inform users of its Online Filing software that a new certificate update (for filing with the DPMA) is now available for download. Users who do not install the update will no longer be able to file online with the DPMA. Users who have activated the... Continue reading
01 December 2016 update The EPO is pleased to inform users of its Online Filing software that a new PCT/RO/101 update is now available for download. Users who prefer not to install it will however still be able to file online without any adverse procedural effects. This update can only... Continue reading
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