MyEPO - pilot phase
Welcome to the MyEPO page for pilot participants.
This page is for companies that have volunteered to participate in a MyEPO pilot phase. With your help and feedback, we will trial major new features before making them available to all users when they have been proven to work well with pilot participants.
On this page you can see information about new features that are currently available for you to trial as a participating pilot company.
You can find the full list of features we are introducing this year in our roadmap document: MyEPO roadmap
- Accessing MyEPO
Please read our Get access page.
You can access MyEPO using your EPO account with two-factor authentication.
- Application detail: new citation panel
The application detail screen includes a new panel showing public citations, including documents and multi-media citations. These citations can be downloaded.
- Bulk maintenance options
In the Company members screen, company administrators can maintain company member access and rights in bulk, by downloading and uploading CSV files with the information.
- Consolidated view of applications
In the Applications and patents screen, a new view allows users to see all applications across the portfolios in their MyEPO company.
- Electronic priority documents
Users of MyEPO can request digitally certified electronic priority documents.
See the MyEPO feature guide on electronic priority documents for instructions about how to use this feature.
- Self-service creation of associations
Company administrators can create a new association and add members. A confirmation form is sent to the company Mailbox.
Please have a look at this feature guide on creating associations for instructions, especially about how to provide the name of a new association.
- Third-party observations
A new simplified form is available for pilot users to trial for submitting third-party observations.
It is available in demo mode, so you can test it using dummy information. For this, please use the following link: tpo-demo.apps.epo.org.
It is also available in full production mode, so you can submit actual third-party observations to the EPO. For this, please use the following link: tpo.apps.epo.org/
As usual, third-party observations can be submitted anonymously if you wish. Therefore, you do not have to sign in to MyEPO services to access these forms.
For more information, see the guidelines on observations by third parties (E-VI, 3) and the frequently asked questions (FAQs) about third party observations.
- Further information
MyEPO FAQ
Decision of the Vice-President Legal and International Affairs of the European Patent Office (Directorate-General 5) dated 10 October 2022 concerning the conditions for participating in phase 2 of the MyEPO pilot project- Support and feedback
As a valued pilot participant, your feedback is essential for us to improve new MyEPO features before we make them available to all our users. The sooner we have your feedback, the sooner we will be able to improve MyEPO.
At any moment during the pilot phase, please email us your feedback to epo.org/support.
If you run into problems and need support as a pilot participant, you can also use this email address to get in touch with us. You may also contact your EPO Key Account Manager if you have one
