Interact with us on your files

MyEPO Portfolio is the place to interact with us during EP, UP and PCT proceedings.

Start using MyEPO Portfolio today!

Open MyEPO Portfoli

 
Access via EPO smart card stops on 31 Dec 2024

EPO online services can be accessed using either an EPO smart card or two-factor authentication. Support for EPO smart cards will end on 31 December 2024, after which our online services will only be accessible via two-factor authentication. Switch to two-factor authentication today. For more information, please refer to these frequently asked questions, which also include details about using smart cards for national office filing.

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.

Release notes

Getting access

Please read our Get access page.

You can access MyEPO Portfolio using either two-factor authentication or an EPO smart card.

Getting started

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 - managing representative profiles and associations
MyEPO feature guide - APIs for exchanging information with your IP management systems

Tutorials

MyEPO Portfolio e-learning tutorials

MyEPO recordings  

Business-to-business technical interface (API) for MyEPO Portfolio and Online Filing 2.0 

Watch the recording of the online seminar of 25 September 2024

The EPO's registers of representatives and how to manage entries using MyEPO Portfolio 

Watch the recording of the online seminar of 25 June 2024

MyEPO Portfolio – shared area 

Watch a video about the shared area of MyEPO Porfolio
Watch the recording of the EPO User Day of 12 June 2024

MyEPO Portfolio Mailbox - new users 

Watch the recording of the EPO User Day of 12 June 2024

MyEPO Portfolio Mailbox – PCT Link 

Watch a recording of the online seminar of 30 April 2024 

MyEPO Portfolio – Mailbox

Watch the recording of the online seminar of 27 February 2024  

Best practice on managing user access in your portfolio of online services

Watch the recording of the EPO User Day of 26 October 2023

Features, benefits and legal information

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
  • make requests about applications:
    • change or withdrawal of representation
    • changes to bibliographic data
    • withdrawal of application
    • transfer of rights
    • registration or cancellation of licences and other rights
    • order certified copies

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, and company administrators can manage composition of associations. 

Full list of communications which will be notified electronically via the Mailbox  (XLSX, 75 KB)

List of communications which are not notified electronically via the Mailbox (XLSX, 13 KB)

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.​

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 can upload information when submitting requests and replying to communications from the EPO.

We have introduced new business-to-business interfaces (APIs) so that users can automate exchange of data between their IP management systems and MyEPO services.​

Legal information

Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 9 February 2024 concerning the webbased online service MyEPO Portfolio and electronic notification to the Mailbox in proceedings under the EPC and the PCT

Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 9 February 2024 concerning the web-based online service MyEPO Portfolio and electronic notification to the Mailbox in proceedings related to European patents with unitary effect

Notice from the European Patent Office dated 9 February 2024 concerning new features of MyEPO Portfolio

Data Protection Statement on the processing of personal data for MyEPO Portfolio

FAQ

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 50 MyEPO Portfolio users

Below we present the Top 50 of MyEPO Portfolio PCT Link users during the third quarter (July-September) of 2024. 

Top 50 PCT Link users

Rank 

Company 

# Downloads Q3/2024 

Country code 

Fish & Richardson

99440

US 

Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 

83016

US 

Ofinno, LLC

64015

US 

Ericsson

46166

SE 

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

28884

US

BakerHostetler

22770

US 

Holland & Hart LLP

21516

US 

Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

20694

US 

Harrity & Harrity, LLP

18552

US

10 

Haley Guiliano International LLP

13922

UK 

11 

Vossius & Partner

13266

DE

12 

Foley Hoag LLP

13064

US 

13 

Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C. 

12811

US 

14 

DLA Piper - San Francisco

12184

US 

15 

Siemens AG

12054

DE

16 

BMW

11571

DE

17 

Nokia Technologies Oy

11436

FI

18 

Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett Dunner

10706

US 

19 

Cytiva Sweden AB

10203

SE

20 

Patentgruppen A/S

10176

DK 

21 

The Procter & Gamble Company CY

9703

US

22 

GLP Srl

9126

IT 

23 

Zhongzi Law Office

8135

CN

24 

McKee, Voorhees & Sease PLC

6973

US 

25 

Bridle Intellectual Property Limited

6904

UK

26 

Fox Rothschild

6762

US 

27 

Dow

6723

US

28 

Corning Inc.

6684

US

29 

Baker Botts LLP

6328

US 

30 

Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP

6301

US

31 

Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP

6226

US 

32 

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

6160

US

33 

Reddie & Grose LLP

5836

UK

34 

Haynes and Boone, LLP

5605

US 

35 

Viksnins Harris Padys Malen

5511

US 

36 

Penilla IP, APC

5434

US 

37 

Solventum

5286

US 

38 

Troutman Sanders LLP

4866

US 

39 

Johnson & Johnson Patent Law Dept.

4840

US 

40 

Geyra Kesten Frydman

4788

IL

41 

Liu, Shen & Associates

4718

CN

42 

3M Innovative Properties Company

4014

US 

43 

Maschoff Brennan

3924

US

44 

Hoffmann-La Roche

3889

CH

45 

Brunacci & Partners S.r.l.

3589

IT

46 

Gesmer Updegrove LLP

3334

US 

47 

Orrick, Herringron & Sutcliffe LLP

3094

US

48 

Dyson Technology Limited

2980

UK

49 

Abitz & Partner Patentanwälte

2915

DE 

50 

IFP Energies nouvelles

2865

FR

Data Protection Statement

Information for pilot participants

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.