Paying fees online

Secure access

To pay patent fees from a deposit account, you first have to register for our Online Fee Payment service. Accessing it requires a secure smart card connection.

• Enrol for a smart card
• Register or renew your smart card

Getting started

• Features and benefits of Online Fee Payment
• What you need to be able to use Online Fee Payment service
• EPO smart cards

Support

• Online Fee Payment user guides, manuals and other documentation
• FAQ
• Release notes
• Release notes archive
• Download the Multipay Tool (software for preparing batch payments)
• Online Fee Payment tutorial - this short e-learning module shows you what is available in Online Fee Payment and gives you some exercises to try.

Legal sources

• Arrangements for deposit accounts (ADA)
• FAQ about the Arrangements for deposit accounts (ADA)

You can also pay fees while using EPO online filing services

• Online Filing and
• new online filing (CMS)

or WIPO's online filing services:

• ePCT and
• PCT-SAFE

Secure access

To pay patent fees by credit card, you first have to register for our credit card fee payment service. This involves setting up a username and password, but no smart card authentication is needed.

Credit card transactions are processed by the e-payments provider Ingenico. Please note that refunds to credit card accounts are not possible.

• Log in to the credit card fee payment service

Support

• Quick Reference Guide for credit card fee payment (PDF, 3.9 MB)
• FAQ

Legal sources

• Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 22 August 2017 concerning the payment of fees by credit card (OJ 2017, A72)
• Notice from the European Patent Office dated 22 August 2017 concerning the payment of fees by credit card (OJ 2017, A73)