2020

Legal safeguards may be available against outages of online filing and fee payment services, depending on the service affected and the day and duration of the outage. A dedicated webpage informs users about any outages of these services.

For more information, please see the notice from the EPO dated 18 January 2018 (OJ EPO 2018, A25). Please also consult Rule 134 EPC, point 5.5 of the ADA (Supplementary publication 5, OJ EPO 2017) and Article 5 of the Decision of the President of the EPO dated 11 March 2015 (OJ EPO 2015, A28).

14.1.2020

Technical fault in our "Jobs" website - resolved

13.1.2020

Technical fault in our "Jobs" website

13.1.2020

Temporary unavailability of online services on 20 January 2020

12.1.2020

Technical fault in Classic Espacenet - resolved

12.1.2020

Technical fault in Open Patent Services - resolved

12.1.2020

Technical fault in the European Patent Register - resolved

12.1.2020

Technical fault in Classic Espacenet

12.1.2020

Technical fault in Open Patent Services

12.1.2020

Technical fault in the European Patent Register

8.1.2020

Technical fault in the Epoline Portal – resolved

8.1.2020

Technical fault in the Epoline Portal

8.1.2020

Temporary unavailability of new online filing (CMS)

8.1.2020

Temporary unavailability of some online services on 8 January 2020