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PCT applications can be filed at the offices of the EPO by post, fax or online or handed in personally at the following locations:
| Site | Postal address |
Building address |
Opening hours |
Fax number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Munich (Isar building) |
80298 Munich, Germany |
Erhardtstrasse 27, 80469 Munich, Germany |
Mon-Thurs: 08.00 - 16.45 hrs Fri: 08.00 - 15.30 hrs |
+49 (0) 89 2399-4465 |
| Munich (PschorrHöfe) |
80298 Munich, Germany |
Bayerstrasse 34, (entrance via Zollstrasse 3) 80335 Munich, Germany |
Mon-Thurs: 08.00 - 16.45 hrs Fri: 08.00 - 15.30 hrs |
+49 (0) 89 2399-4465 |
| The Hague |
Postbus 5818, 2280 HV Rijswijk, Netherlands |
Patentlaan 2, 2288 EE Rijswijk, Netherlands |
Mon-Fri: 08.00 - 18.00 hrs |
+31 (0) 70 340-3016 |
| Berlin |
10958 Berlin, Germany |
Gitschiner Strasse 103, 10969 Berlin, Germany |
Mon-Thurs: 09.00 - 12.00 and 13.00 - 15.00 hrs Fri: 09.00 - 12.00 hrs |
+49 (0) 30 25901-840 |
Automated mailboxes are installed in Munich and Berlin, which may be used at any time. In Munich the mailboxes are to be found next to the EPO buildings in Kohlstrasse and Zollstrasse. In Berlin the mailbox is located next to the entrance to the EPO. In The Hague, documents may be handed to the porter outside office hours.
Applications and documents other than authorisations and priority documents may be filed by fax. You cannot file PCT applications or other documents by e-mail, telegram, telex or teletext.
If your application contains nucleic acid and amino acid sequences, you may want to make use of PatentIn software, which generates sequence listings complying with WIPO standards.
PCT applications can be filed with the WIPO's electronic filing software, PCT-Safe, which the EPO also accepts. Further information about PCT-Safe can be found on the WIPO website.
It is also possible to use the EPO's Online Services to file a PCT application online. These services are free of charge and offer a high level of filing security. Further information on the range of EPO Online Services can be found at www.epoline.org.