Getting started with Online Fee Payment

Disclaimer

This document reflects the EPO's Online Fee Payment service at the time of writing. As changes are possible, the screenshots may deviate from the actual content of the system.

What is Online Fee Payment?

Online Fee Payment is a quick and secure online service available for EPO deposit account holders. With Online Fee Payment, you can:

• manage your deposit accounts with the EPO
• view your deposit account replenishments promptly on the account statement
• create and download account statements for a given period
• view and search pending orders (orders issued online but not yet processed by the EPO)
• view applications covered by the automatic debiting procedure
• start and stop the automatic debiting procedure for one or more applications
• create debit orders for fee payments online, also for execution at a later date
• create or revoke automatic debit orders online

To use Online Fee Payment, you need to enrol for a smart card and register for the EPO's online services. Please visit the EPO website for detailed information:

• Request to open a deposit account: Home > Applying for a  patent > Forms and fees > Making payments
• Apply for a smart card: Applying for a patent > Online services > Security > Smart cards
• Arrangements for deposit accounts (ADA) and their annexes: Supplementary publication 4.

Accessing Online Fee Payment

• Open the EPO website and go to Applying for a patent > Online services > Paying fees online.
• Click Log in to Online Fee Payment (smart card).

  You are redirected to the home page of the EPO's online services.

• If your smart card is not yet in the smart card reader, please insert it now, making sure the reader is connected to your computer.
• In the grey sidebar to the right under the heading Smart card access, click Login.
• Where applicable, select the appropriate digital certificate for identification.
• Enter your PIN code and click OK.

  You are now directed via a secure internet connection (https) to the secure area of the EPO's online services.

• Click the Fee Payment tab in the online portal's main menu.

Changing the language

You can change the display language in Online Fee Payment at any time.

• Click your preferred language – Deutsch, English or Français – in the top right corner of the screen.

Exiting Online Fee Payment

Always remember to log off when you finish your online services session.

• Click Log out at the top right of the screen.

  This closes the current browser tab.

  For security reasons, it is also good practice to close all browser windows or tabs after logging off.