For online filing with the EPO as receiving Office, the EPO’s Online Filing software or the PCT-SAFE software, provided by the IB, may be used. The software allows applicants to fill in the PCT request form (Form PCT/RO/101) directly in the electronic document formats that are accepted by the EPO as receiving Office. Since 2 October 2014, two further options for filing online with the EPO have been available: the EPO new online filing – case management system (CMS) and the EPO web-form filing service. Moreover, as from 1 November 2014, an international application may be filed online with the EPO acting as receiving Office via ePCT-Filing.
The EPO's Online Filing software and the required smart card, as well as CMS and the web-form filing service, are free of charge. More information regarding the EPO Online Services is available on the EPO website.[ 14 ].
Information on the PCT-SAFE software and, ePCT-Filing and the ePCT service for uploading documents is available on the WIPO website.[ 15 ].
If The online filing of an international application is filed online with the EPO as receiving Office, triggers the receipt of documents is acknowledged electronically by the EPO during the submission session. The electronic acknowledgement includes the identity of receipt. The acknowledgement indicates the receiving Office, i.e. the EPO, the date and time of receipt, a reference or application number allocated by the EPO, a list of the files transmitted and a message digest, i.e. the message in compressed form.
Source: http://www.epo.org/applying/international/guide-for-applicants/html/e/ga_b_15.html
Date retrieved: 24 November 2017
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EPO Guide for Applicants, part II Int. - B The EPO as a PCT receiving Office
Offical Journal of the EPO
XOJ EPO 2015, A27 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 11 March 2015 concerning the filing of documents using the EPO case management system
XOJ EPO 2014, A107 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 24 October 2014 concerning the filing of international applications with the EPO acting as receiving Office using ePCT-Filing