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European Patent Office - Online Fee Payment
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2. Viewing, downloading and printing account information
> 2.4 Exercises
To check what you have learned about the Online fee payment service so far, why not have a go at answering the following questions (for some questions, more than one answer is possible).
Questions
1. The information in the different views in Online fee payment can be downloaded in:
CSV
XML
Word
XLS
PDF
Correct answers:
You can download the information in XML or PDF format.
Wrong answers:
You can download the information in XML or PDF format.
2. The fee payment plan gives you an overview of:
all the payments you have ever made to the EPO
all applications covered by the automatic debiting procedure
the EPO's financial plans for the forthcoming year
all your applications for which a fee is due in the next 10, 14 30 or 40 days
Correct answers:
The fee payment plan gives you an overview of all applications covered by the automatic debiting procedure.
Wrong answers:
The fee payment plan gives you an overview of all applications covered by the automatic debiting procedure.
3. The schedule of fees shows:
all EPO fees
all fees relating to the patent granting procedure
renewal fees only
the latest fees in euro
fees in other currencies (before the euro was introduced)
Correct answers:
The schedule of fees does not show all EPO fees (eg fees for photocopies), nor does it show renewal fees only.
Wrong answers:
The schedule of fees does not show all EPO fees (eg fees for photocopies), nor does it show renewal fees only.
Answer true or false to the following statements:
4. You can print or download your account statements from the "Transactions" view in the "Deposit Account" section.
True
False
5. "+" after an amount means that the EPO will transfer money to your account.
True
False
6. You can view your account balance on the "Overview" page.
True
False
7. Under "Deposit Account" you can see pending orders relating to debit orders submitted via Online Filing and Online fee payment.
True
False
8. You can see transactions made during the last 180 days.
True
False
9. If you forget to print out the confirmation that a debit order has been submitted you can still consult the "Pending Orders" view.
True
False
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