How are the international search report (ISR) and the written opinion (WO-ISA) made available to me if I select the EPO as ISA?

If you or your international agent or your agent specifically appointed to represent you before the ISA have an EPO account, the ISR and WO-ISA will be made available electronically via Mailbox, which is accessible in “MyEPO”. International agents and applicants who do not have their residence or principal place of business in an EPC contracting state but are entitled to act before the EPO in PCT international phase proceedings can use the PCT link, integrated in MyEPO, to register for electronic notification via Mailbox to receive communications from the EPO in the international phase where it acts as (S)ISA or IPEA. You can consult the dedicated FAQ on the EPO website for more information on MyEPO services.

Applicants that have not opted for electronic notification via Mailbox receive the ISR and WO-ISA, as well as paper copies of non-patent literature and translations of cited patent literature by post, with digital copies of cited patent literature documents available in Espacenet (espacenet.com). In addition, you can also get an electronic copy of the ISR (without the cited documents) and WO-ISA via WIPO's ePCT service if you have an account. With ePCT, you can request access rights to an international application after filing (i.e. claim eOwnership of your files to access file wrapper data, including the EPO's search report).