About debit orders
Deposit accounts are debited on the basis of an electronic debit order signed by the account holder or authorised representative.
The debit order may be
- for individual fees for one or more applications, i.e. a single or a batch debit order, or
- an automatic debit order for a specific European or international patent application, authorising the EPO to debit fees automatically as the proceedings progress
Replenishment
Payments to replenish deposit accounts must be made into the EPO's bank account.
Nr. 3 338 800 00 (BLZ 700 800 00)
IBAN DE20 7008 0000 0333 8800 00
BIC* DRESDEFF700
Commerzbank AG
Leopoldstrasse 230
80807 Munich, Germany.
*Please use COBADEFFXXX if DRESDEFF700 is not recognised.
The payment must include the following information in the reference field of the bank transfer: "replenishment" (or "repl" for short) or "deposit", followed by the eight-digit number (starting with 28) of the EPO deposit account concerned.
Refunds via deposit account
Applicants/professional
representatives can file refund instructions pertaining to a
given application requesting that refunds be credited to a deposit
account held with the EPO. Refund instructions should be filed using
Online Filing, Online Filing 2.0 or ePCT-Filing.
About credit card payment
You can pay patent fees by credit card in Central Fee Payment. This is a secure and flexible way of making instant fee payments.
Refunds of payment by credit card
Please note that refunds to credit card accounts are not possible.
About bank transfers
You can prepare your bank
transfer by submitting an order online in Central Fee Payment. This allows you to pay fees for multiple applications
with a single transfer. You will get a unique payment reference per order
submitted.
Please then
quote this reference when making the bank transfer.
Once we have
received your bank transfer, payment confirmation will be available to download
in the service.
Refunds to a bank account
If you have not filed any instructions
indicating a deposit account to be credited in the event of a refund for your
patent application, you can claim pending refunds in Central Fee Payment and request that they be credited to a bank
account of your choice.
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