| Information from the EPO |
| Decisions of the President of the EPO |
| Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 29 January 2020 revising the Officeꞌs fees and expenses | A6 | PDF | HTML |
| Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 14 February 2020 implementing Article 12 of the Rules relating to Fees | A17 | PDF | HTML |
| Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 1 April 2020 concerning oral proceedings by videoconference before examining divisions | A39 | PDF | HTML |
| Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 14 April 2020 concerning the pilot project for oral proceedings by videoconference before opposition divisions | A41 | PDF | HTML |
| Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 27 April 2020 concerning the closure of the EPO's filing offices on 22 May 2020 | A56 | PDF | HTML |
| Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 31 March 2020 on the filing of priority documents | A57 | PDF | HTML |
| Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 13 May 2020 concerning the filing of documents during telephone consultations and during interviews and oral proceedings held by videoconference | A71 | PDF | HTML |
| Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 4 June 2020 amending Annex A.1 to the Arrangements for deposit accounts (ADA) ‒ Arrangements for the automatic debiting procedure (AAD) and Annex A.2 to the ADA ‒ Information from the EPO concerning the automatic debiting procedure | A77 | PDF | HTML |
| Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 14 June 2020 concerning the entrustment to non-examining staff of certain duties incumbent on the examining or opposition divisions | A80 | PDF | HTML |
| Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 21 September 2020 concerning the EPO Online Filing software to be used for the electronic filing of documents | A105 | PDF | HTML |
| Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 10 November 2020 concerning the modification and extension of the pilot project for oral proceedings by videoconference before opposition divisions | A121 | PDF | HTML |
| Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 17 December 2020 concerning oral proceedings by videoconference before examining divisions | A134 | PDF | HTML |
| Notices of the President of the EPO |
| Notice from the President of the European Patent Office dated 16 October 2020 concerning the days on which EPO filing offices are closed in 2021 | A115 | PDF | HTML |
| Notice from the President of the European Patent Office dated 16 December 2020 concerning the additional days on which EPO filing offices are closed in 2021 | A139 | PDF | HTML |
| Notices from the EPO |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 14 January 2020 concerning the legalisation of certified copies of documents issued by the European Patent Office | A7 | PDF | HTML |
| Training event for patent search professionals: Search Matters 2020 | A8 | PDF | HTML |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 20 December 2019 concerning forms and publications available from the EPO | A10 | PDF | HTML |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 20 February 2020 concerning the reduction of the fees for the international search and the international preliminary examination carried out on international applications in favour of nationals of certain states | A18 | PDF | HTML |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 29 January 2020 concerning the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union on 31 January 2020 | A19 | PDF | HTML |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 10 February 2020 concerning the staying of proceedings due to referral G 4/19 | A20 | PDF | HTML |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 15 March 2020 concerning the disruptions due to the COVID-19 outbreak | A29 | PDF | HTML |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 20 March 2020 concerning search and examination fees | A30 | PDF | HTML |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 13 March 2020 concerning improved online file inspection in the European Patent Register of documents cited in opposition proceedings | A31 | PDF | HTML |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 27 March 2020 concerning the electronic authentication of decisions and other documents relevant to the decision-making process | A37 | PDF | HTML |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 30 March 2020 concerning the extension of periods for the payment of fees | A38 | PDF | HTML |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 1 April 2020 concerning oral proceedings and interviews to be held by videoconference | A40 | PDF | HTML |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 14 April 2020 concerning the pilot project for oral proceedings by videoconference before opposition divisions | A42 | PDF | HTML |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 16 April 2020 concerning the disruptions due to the COVID-19 outbreak | A43 | PDF | HTML |
| Decision of the Vice-President Legal and International Affairs of the European Patent Office (Directorate-General 5) dated 21 April 2020 concerning the conditions for participating in the pilot project for Online Filing 2.0 | A44 | PDF | HTML |
| Definition of "DOCX" under Article 4 of the decision of the Vice-President Legal and International Affairs of the European Patent Office (Directorate-General 5) dated 21 April 2020 concerning the conditions for participating in the pilot project for Online Filing 2.0 | A45 | PDF | HTML |
| Limit reached for participation in the IP5 collaborative search and examination pilot with the EPO as main International Searching Authority | A46 | PDF | HTML |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 31 March 2020 concerning priority document exchange between the European Patent Office and the Japan Patent Office | A58 | PDF | HTML |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 22 April 2020 concerning the electronic filing of documents | A59 | PDF | HTML |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 1 May 2020 concerning the disruptions due to the COVID-19 outbreak | A60 | PDF | HTML |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 5 May 2020 concerning the new patent system in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) | A61 | PDF | HTML |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 13 May 2020 concerning the payment of fees by credit card | A62 | PDF | HTML |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 13 May 2020 revising its Notices dated 1 April 2020, concerning oral proceedings and interviews to be held by videoconference, and 14 April 2020, concerning the pilot project for oral proceedings by videoconference before opposition divisions | A72 | PDF | HTML |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 26 May 2020 concerning abolition of the option to waive the right to a further communication under Rule 71(3) EPC | A73 | PDF | HTML |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 27 May 2020 concerning the disruptions due to the COVID-19 outbreak | A74 | PDF | HTML |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 29 May 2020 concerning the temporary suspension of the application of Rule 51(2) of the European Patent Convention with respect to the additional fee for belated payment of a renewal fee for a European patent application (Article 2(1), item 5, of the Rules relating to Fees) | A75 | PDF | HTML |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 29 May 2020 concerning implementation of amended Rule 142(2) EPC | A76 | PDF | HTML |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 4 June 2020 concerning changes to fee payment via the automatic debiting procedure | A78 | PDF | HTML |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 3 June 2020 concerning the resumption of proceedings following opinion G 3/19 of the Enlarged Board of Appeal | A79 | PDF | HTML |
| Notice from the EPO dated 14 June 2020 concerning the applicability of new Rule 20.5bis PCT on the correction of erroneous filings in proceedings before the EPO | A81 | PDF | HTML |
| Decision of the Vice-President Legal and International Affairs (Directorate-General 5) of the European Patent Office dated 23 July 2020 concerning the pilot project on notification by email during examination proceedings | A89 | PDF | HTML |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 23 July 2020 concerning the pilot project on notification by email during examination proceedings under the decision of the Vice-President Legal and International Affairs (Directorate-General 5) of the European Patent Office dated 23 July 2020. | A90 | PDF | HTML |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 10 July 2020 concerning the reduction of the fees for the international search and the international preliminary examination carried out on international applications in favour of nationals of certain states – revised list of states | A91 | PDF | HTML |
| Corrigendum, OJ EPO June 2020 (A82) | A92 | PDF | HTML |
| Events: Search Matters and Examination Matters 2020 go digital and are joined by new addition Opposition Matters 2020 | A98 | PDF | HTML |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 28 August 2020 concerning the communication for information purposes of observations made by parties to opposition proceedings to the other parties to the proceedings | A106 | PDF | HTML |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 14 September 2020 concerning the expansion of electronic notification via the Mailbox in opposition proceedings | A107 | PDF | HTML |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 22 October 2020 concerning the procedures and safeguards which apply under the EPC and the PCT in the event of outages of means of electronic filing and other online services | A120 | PDF | HTML |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 10 November 2020 concerning oral proceedings before examining and opposition divisions, and consultations, by videoconference | A122 | PDF | HTML |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 10 November 2020 concerning the disruptions due to the COVID-19 outbreak | A123 | PDF | HTML |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 10 November 2020 concerning non-attendance at oral proceedings in the examination procedure | A124 | PDF | HTML |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 23 November 2020 concerning annexes to decisions of the examining divisions | A133 | PDF | HTML |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 17 December 2020 concerning the taking of evidence by videoconference by examining and opposition divisions | A135 | PDF | HTML |
| Patent Prosecution Highway |
| Patent Prosecution Highway programme between the European Patent Office and the Federal Service for Intellectual Property based on PCT and national work products | A11 | PDF | HTML |
| Patent Prosecution Highway programme between the European Patent Office and the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property based on PCT and national work products | A21 | PDF | HTML |
| Patent Prosecution Highway programme between the European Patent Office and the Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia based on PCT and national work products | A82 | PDF | HTML |
| Patent Prosecution Highway programme between the European Patent Office and the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines based on PCT and national work products | A83 | PDF | HTML |
| Patent Prosecution Highway programme between the European Patent Office and the Eurasian Patent Office based on PCT and national work products | A114 | PDF | HTML |
| Patent Prosecution Highway programme between the European Patent Office and the Israel Patent Office based on PCT and national work products | A125 | PDF | HTML |
| Patent Prosecution Highway programme between the European Patent Office and the Canadian Intellectual Property Office based on PCT and national work products | A137 | PDF | HTML |
| Patent Prosecution Highway programme between the European Patent Office and the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore based on PCT and national work products | A138 | PDF | HTML |
| Publications |
| Information concerning the publication of the next edition of the EPO Guidelines | A108 | PDF | HTML |
| 17th edition of the European Patent Convention | A136 | PDF | HTML |
| Other information |
| List of days in 2020 on which EPO filing offices and national patent authorities of the EPC contracting states are closed | A9 | PDF | HTML |
| Representation |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | A12 | PDF | HTML |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | A23 | PDF | HTML |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | A32 | PDF | HTML |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | A47 | PDF | HTML |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | A63 | PDF | HTML |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | A84 | PDF | HTML |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | A93 | PDF | HTML |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | A99 | PDF | HTML |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | A109 | PDF | HTML |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | A116 | PDF | HTML |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | A126 | PDF | HTML |
| List of professional representatives before the EPO | A141 | PDF | HTML |
| European qualifying examination |
| Instructions to candidates concerning the conduct of the European qualifying examination | A22 | PDF | HTML |
| Notice from the Examination Secretariat for the European qualifying examination | A140 | PDF | HTML |
| CEIPI |
| CEIPI seminars for the EQE pre-examination 2021 | A48 | PDF | HTML |
| CEIPI – European qualifying examination 2021 ("main examination") | A49 | PDF | HTML |
| CEIPI (Centre for International Intellectual Property Studies): Extension of the enrolment deadlines for basic training in European patent law and preparation courses for the European qualifying examination 2021 | A94 | PDF | HTML |
| Council of the Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office | A100 | PDF | HTML |
| CEIPI/epi |
| CEIPI/epi - Basic training in European patent law | A50 | PDF | HTML |
| Fees |
| Rules relating to Fees - Decisions |
| Warning – beware of approaches and requests for payment from firms purporting to register European patents | A14 | PDF | HTML |
| Warning – beware of approaches and requests for payment from firms purporting to register European patents | A25 | PDF | HTML |
| Warning – beware of approaches and requests for payment from firms purporting to register European patents | A34 | PDF | HTML |
| Warning – beware of approaches and requests for payment from firms purporting to register European patents | A52 | PDF | HTML |
| Warning – beware of approaches and requests for payment from firms purporting to register European patents | A65 | PDF | HTML |
| Warning – beware of approaches and requests for payment from firms purporting to register European patents | A86 | PDF | HTML |
| Warning – beware of approaches and requests for payment from firms purporting to register European patents | A96 | PDF | HTML |
| Warning – beware of approaches and requests for payment from firms purporting to register European patents | A102 | PDF | HTML |
| Warning – beware of approaches and requests for payment from firms purporting to register European patents | A111 | PDF | HTML |
| Warning – beware of approaches and requests for payment from firms purporting to register European patents | A118 | PDF | HTML |
| Warning – beware of approaches and requests for payment from firms purporting to register European patents | A128 | PDF | HTML |
| Fees for international applications: new equivalent amounts | A129 | PDF | HTML |
| Notice from the European Patent Office dated 23 November 2020 concerning improvements in the online service for paying fees by credit card and the introduction of a new functionality facilitating payments by bank transfer | A130 | PDF | HTML |
| Warning – beware of approaches and requests for payment from firms purporting to register European patents | A143 | PDF | HTML |
| Guidance for the payment of fees |
| Guidance for the payment of fees, expenses and prices | A13 | PDF | HTML |
| Guidance for the payment of fees, expenses and prices | A24 | PDF | HTML |
| Guidance for the payment of fees, expenses and prices applicable as from 1 April 2020 | A33 | PDF | HTML |
| Guidance for the payment of fees, expenses and prices | A51 | PDF | HTML |
| Guidance for the payment of fees, expenses and prices | A64 | PDF | HTML |
| Guidance for the payment of fees, expenses and prices | A85 | PDF | HTML |
| Guidance for the payment of fees, expenses and prices | A95 | PDF | HTML |
| Guidance for the payment of fees, expenses and prices | A101 | PDF | HTML |
| Guidance for the payment of fees, expenses and prices | A110 | PDF | HTML |
| Guidance for the payment of fees, expenses and prices | A117 | PDF | HTML |
| Guidance for the payment of fees, expenses and prices | A127 | PDF | HTML |
| Guidance for the payment of fees, expenses and prices | A142 | PDF | HTML |
