Interact with us on your files
MyEPO Portfolio is the place to interact with us during EP, UP and PCT proceedings.
MyEPO Portfolio replaces our My Files, Administration and legacy Mailbox services, which will all be decommissioned in June 2024.
Start using MyEPO Portfolio today!
In MyEPO Portfolio you can receive Mailbox communications from the EPO about your proceedings. And in European proceedings (EP, UP and Euro-PCT) you can access your digital files, submit requests and replies about applications, and interact online with examiners during a live consultation.
Representatives and their support staff can also manage their entry in the list of professional representatives before the EPO.
Your company administrator can use MyEPO Portfolio to manage which users have access to your company’s Mailbox and application portfolios and have fee payment rights.
- Getting access
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Please read our Get access page.
You can access MyEPO Portfolio using either two-factor authentication or an EPO smart card.
- Getting started
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MyEPO Portfolio feature guides
MyEPO Portfolio feature guide - overview and getting started
MyEPO feature guide - your EPO account and two-factor authentication
MyEPO Portfolio feature guide - managing user access in MyEPO Portfolio
MyEPO Portfolio feature guide - accessing your portfolios and documents
MyEPO Portfolio feature guide - handling Mailbox communications
MyEPO Portfolio feature guide - replying to communications with deadlines
MyEPO Portfolio feature guide - submitting procedural requests
MyEPO Portfolio feature guide - shared area
MyEPO Portfolio feature guide - representative area
MyEPO feature guide - APIs for exchanging information with your IP management systemsRecordings of online seminars
Below you will find recordings of our recent online seminars.
MyEPO Portfolio – Mailbox
Watch the recording of the online seminar of 27 February 2024
Update zu den Online-Diensten des EPA und des DPMA - MyEPO Portfolio and Online Filing 2.0 (German only)
Watch the recording of the online seminar of 22 November 2023
MyEPO Portfolio Mailbox
Watch the recording of the EPO User Day of 25 October 2023
MyEPO Portfolio: Viewing your applications and documents, and replying to EPO communications
Watch the recording of the EPO User Day of 25 October 2023
MyEPO Portfolio: Interacting with examiners through a shared area
Watch the recording of the EPO User Day of 25 October 2023
MyEPO Portfolio Mailbox PCT
Watch the recording of the EPO User Day of 25 October 2023
Best practice on managing user access in your portfolio of online services
Watch the recording of the EPO User Day of 26 October 2023
MyEPO Portfolio online seminar for BELAPIA
Watch the recording of the online seminar of 28 September 2023
Introduction to MyEPO Portfolio I
For users who are NOT already using the EPO Mailbox
Watch the recording of the online seminar of 6 June 2023Introduction to MyEPO Portfolio II
For users who are already using the EPO Mailbox
Watch the recording of the online seminar of 20 June 2023 - Features, benefits and legal information
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With MyEPO Portfolio you can receive and process your Mailbox communications from the EPO during EP, UP and PCT proceedings.
In European proceedings (EP, UP and Euro-PCT) you can also:
- view your portfolio of patent applications in search, examination and opposition
- view the content of the digital file for an application or a granted patent with pending proceedings
- interact online with examiners during a live consultation
- reply to the following communications from the EPO by the deadlines shown:
- a communication about intention to grant - Rule 71(3) EPC
- a communication in examination - Article 94(3) EPC
- the extended European search report - Rule 70a EPC
- an invitation about subject-matter for search - Rules 62a and 63 EPC
- a communication under Rules 161(1) and 162 EPC
- request changes to applications:
- change or withdrawal of representation
- changes to bibliographic data
- withdrawal of application
- transfer of rights
- registration or cancellation of licences and other rights
Your company administrator can use MyEPO Portfolio to manage which users have access to your company’s Mailbox and application portfolios and have fee payment rights.
Representatives (or their support staff) can also manage their entry in the list of professional representatives before the EPO.
Please note that self-representing applicants currently can't reply to communications from the EPO. This will be enabled in future.
Read about the roadmap of new features that we plan to introduce in coming months.
Benefits of MyEPO Portfolio
MyEPO Portfolio provides improved access and procedural guidance, direct interaction with the EPO on files, and enables the exchange of digital information.
Improved access
MyEPO Portfolio provides an interface that is user-friendly, intuitive and easy to access.
It incorporates the functionalities of the legacy Mailbox and My Files services, with useability improvements. It is easier to view documents in the digital file, with access to documents in their original data format, including parts in colour where available.
Mailbox access is available to international agents and non European parties acting before the EPO under the PCT.
MyEPO Portfolio replaces the legacy Mailbox, My Files and Administration facility services, which will be decommissioned in June 2024.
Improved procedural guidance
MyEPO Portfolio provides you with information about pending actions in reply to a communication from the EPO and the associated deadlines.
It offers a simplified approach to making procedural submissions. You are guided through the process with procedural information, and plausibility checks and validations help reduce the risk of error.
Direct interaction with the EPO on files
MyEPO Portfolio provides you a personal shared area where you can upload, review, edit and annotate documents together with examiners during a live consultation. This real-time interaction increases quality, transparency as well as efficiency.
Exchange of digital information
MyEPO Portfolio allows you to download data about your application portfolios, pending tasks and Mailbox communications, including links to the digital file.
You will be able to upload information when performing procedural acts in reply to a communication from the EPO.
We are introducing new business-to-business interfaces (APIs) so that users can automate exchange of data between their IP management systems and MyEPO services.
The first API is now available, allowing you to download documents and data from your Mailbox.
Legal information
- FAQ
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FAQ - MyEPO Portfolio
FAQ - Get Access – EPO Account
FAQ - Managing user access in MyEPO Portfolio
FAQ - Applications and Patents
FAQ - Mailbox
FAQ - Submitting procedural requests about applications
FAQ - Shared area
FAQ - Representative area
FAQ - APIs for exchanging information with your IT systems - Top 100 MyEPO Portfolio users
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These lists show the Top 50 of MyEPO Portfolio Mailbox users who have downloaded at least 99% of their communications via the Mailbox in MyEPO Portfolio during the first quarter (January-March) of 2024.
Separate lists are available for patent law firms and applicants from industry.
Top 50 patent law firms
Rank
Company
# Downloads Q1/2024
Country code
1
Murgitroyd & Company
4 692
UK
2
HGF Limited
4 116
UK
3
Maiwald GmbH
3 355
DE
4
Meissner Bolte Partnerschaft mbB
2 347
DE
5
Studio Torta S.p.A.
2 117
IT
6
Zacco
1 668
SE
7
Forresters
1 585
UK
8
Arnold & Siedsma
1 559
NL
9
Cabinet Beau de Loménie
1 489
FR
10
Appleyard Lees IP LLP
1 270
UK
11
Kraus & Lederer PartGmbB
1 165
DE
12
Dentons UKMEA LLP
1 088
UK
13
IP Trust
1 027
FR
14
Openshaw & Co.
1 024
UK
15
Jacobacci & Partners S.p.A.
890
IT
16
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
889
UK
17
Tomkins & Co.
885
UK
18
Berggren
870
FI
19
Weickmann & Weickmann
865
DE
20
Hoefer & Partner
802
DE
21
Samson & Partner Patentanwälte mbB
763
DE
22
Kraus & Weisert
736
DE
23
EIP
729
UK
24
Novagraaf Technologies
641
FR
25
Herrero & Asociados
608
ES
26
Lewis Silkin LLP
595
UK
27
Westphal, Mussgnug & Partner
580
DE
28
Cooley (UK) LLP
566
UK
29
Bandpay & Greuter
560
FR
30
Zacco Sweden AB
536
SE
31
Gille Hrabal
526
DE
32
Lecomte & Partners Sàrl
476
LU
33
Balder IP Law
464
ES
34
Algemeen Octrooi- en Merkenbureau B.V.
458
NL
35
Prüfer & Partner mbB
452
DE
36
PGA S.p.A
441
IT
37
Maschio & Soames IP Limited
426
UK
38
Cabinet Chaillot
419
FR
39
Script IP Ltd
417
UK
40
WP Thompson
415
UK
41
Patent Anwälte Ruff, Wilhelm, Beier, Dauster & Partner mbB
402
DE
42
Bugnion Spa
401
IT
43
Schiweck Weinzierl Koch
401
DE
44
LLR
390
FR
45
Wilson Gunn
388
UK
46
IPSILON
376
FR
47
Abitz & Partner Patentanwälte
370
DE
48
COPA Copenhagen Patents
364
DK
49
Jones Day Frankfurt
358
DE
50
Cabinet Beaumont
356
FR
Top 50 Applicants from industry
Rank
Company
# Downloads Q1/2024
Country code
1
Siemens AG
2 269
DE
2
Ericsson
2 091
SE
3
Philips Intellectual Property & Standards
1 880
NL
4
Signify Netherlands B.V. Intellectual Property
851
NL
5
Unilever Patent Group
807
UK
6
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
687
CN
7
SABIC
521
SA
8
NXP Semiconductors
476
NL
9
Volkswagen AG
459
DE
10
Hilti AG
448
DE
11
Arkema France
438
FR
12
Valeo Visibility
406
FR
13
Covestro AG
396
DE
14
Interdigital
364
FR
15
Merck Patent GmbH
351
DE
16
Valeo Systèmes Thermiques
345
FR
17
Microsoft Corporation
336
US
18
Valeo Powertrain Systems
329
FR
19
Société des Produits Nestlé S.A.
328
CH
20
CNH Industrial IP Department
297
BE
21
BAE Systems plc
294
UK
22
Canon Europe Limited
283
UK
23
SYENSQO
273
BE
24
The Procter & Gamble Company BIC
268
CH
25
Rolls-Royce plc
264
UK
26
Inventio AG
259
DE
27
British Telecommunications Public Limited Company
255
UK
28
Versuni
243
NL
29
GlaxoSmithKline
229
UK
30
DSM-FIRMENICH IP
225
NL
31
AB Tetra Pak
209
SE
32
Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
207
DE
33
Mercedes-Benz Group AG
205
DE
34
Inserm-Transfert
204
FR
35
IBM United Kingdom Ltd.
190
UK
36
Husqvarna & Gardena
177
SE
37
SHL Medical AG
171
CH
38
DSM IP Assets B.V.
167
NL
39
Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.
166
IT
40
ExxonMobil Chemical Europe Inc
166
BE
41
Baker Hughes, A GE Company
164
UK
42
Unilin Technologies
160
BE
43
Eli Lilly and Company Ltd
144
UK
44
Novozymes A/S
141
DE
45
Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH
139
DE
46
Audi AG
129
DE
47
Topsoe A/S
128
DK
48
Arcelik A.S.
124
TR
49
Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH
124
DE
50
L'Oréal
123
FR
- Legacy services (to be decommissioned in June 2024)
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My Files allows you to view published and unpublished files via a secure connection. Read more
The Mailbox service allows professional representatives to receive communications online from the EPO. Read more
The Administration facility allows you to specify which members of your staff can access Mailbox services. Read more
- Information for pilot participants
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We continuously strive to improve our online services and incorporate feedback from our user community. For this, we regularly collect feedback from our users through focus groups and pilot trials.
You can find more information here about the current MyEPO Portfolio pilot project.
If you are interested in participating in pilot trials, please volunteer here.
Please note: When gathering input, we try to ensure a fair balance of users in terms of profile, company size, location and level of expertise. If we do not contact you immediately, we will save your details and get back to you if we need your support.