Course: Lectures on PCT | e-learning centre
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PCT basics
Filing with the EPO as Receiving Office
This video covers the specificities of filing an international application with the EPO as receiving Office and highlights the opportunities for applicants choosing this route.
10 April 2019 | Speakers: Camille-Rémy Bogliolo and Elke von Brevern
Working with the EPO as ISA
The EPO is one of the leading International Searching Authorities world-wide. To get the most out of the searches performed by the EPO in the international phase, it is important for applicants and agents to fully understand how the EPO operates. This video provides an insight into EPO procedures.
15 May 2019 | Speaker: Isabel Auría Lansac
Working with the EPO as SISA and IPEA
As an optional procedure, applicants can file a “demand” under Chapter II PCT and receive an international preliminary examination report from the EPO. This procedure gives applicants the opportunity to respond to any negative finding of the ISA during the international phase, as opposed to drafting and filing multiple responses with the national/regional offices where national phase entry is made. This video also presents the possibility to receive a supplementary international search report in addition to the search carried out by the competent ISA.
14 November 2019 | Speaker: Christof Mathoi
Entry into the European phase: processing your application before the EPO as designated Office
An applicant interested in obtaining a European patent based on an international application needs to take the steps required for the so-called “entry into the European phase” within 31-months from the filing/priority date of an international application. The webinar will provide an overview of the requirements for entry into the European phase and of the procedural options available to the applicant at this stage of the procedure for the grant of a European patent.
21 November 2019 | Speaker: Reinoud Hesper
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PCT advanced topics
Sequence listings: the EPO's practice under the new PCT procedure
This video provides an insight into the procedure applicable to sequence listings at the EPO.
02 November 2022 | Speakers: Emmanuelle Tang & Eva Bach
Moderator: Yannick Rouault
PCT Direct: a new service to improve your search experience at the EPO
This video explains what PCT direct is, how to make use of the PCT Direct procedure and which advantages PCT Direct can provide.
2022 | Speaker: Tobias Lüddemann
Moderator: Elke con Brevern
The restoration of priority rights at the EPO acting as PCT receiving Office
This video explains the principles followed by the EPO acting as receiving Office when deciding on the merits of the case, and provide some examples. It provides guidance with regard to filing requests for restoration of the right of priority under Rule 26bis.3 PCT and focus in particular the admissibility criteria applied to such requests.
29 November 2022 | Speaker: Veronika Sadloňová
Moderator: Adriana Mazurkiewicz
The handling of erroneous filings and missing parts at the EPO in PCT proceedings
This video presents the procedure before the EPO as PCT authority with respect to Rules 20.5 and 20.5bis PCT and explains the different scenarios involving requests to correct an erroneous filing or requests to incorporate by reference missing elements or parts and the way those requests are handled at the EPO in PCT proceedings.
06 December 2022 | Speakers: Johanna Guidet and Monika Neumann
Moderator: Marina Micheli
New PCT procedure for the handling of ST26 sequence listings
This video provides an insight on the procedure which applies to ST26 sequence listings at the EPO.
18 October 2021 | Speakers: Emmanuelle Tang & Scott Stanley
Moderator: Yannick Rouault
WIPO Sequence training course for the submission of ST26 sequence listings
This video provides an insight on the procedure which applies to ST26 sequence listings at WIPO, and builds familiarity with the WIPO Sequence tool.
2021 | Speaker: Emma Francis
Moderator: Emmanuelle Tang
Language requirements and priority documents at the EPO under the PCT
This video provides guidance with respect to the language requirements to be considered when filing an international application with the EPO and explains the processing of the priority documents at the EPO. The various options at the applicant’s disposal both in terms of filing and obtaining a priority document from the EPO in the international phase are explored.
Particular emphasis is given to practical examples.
27 October 2021 | Speaker: Paola Giancane
Moderator: Elke von Brevern
Clarification and protest procedures at the EPO acting as ISA
This video provides information on the legal framework and procedural specifics of the informal clarification and protest procedures at the EPO acting as ISA, the mechanism of interaction between the users and the EPO as ISA in the clarification and protest procedures and recommendations to the users on the effective use of the informal clarification and protest procedures at the EPO as ISA.
02 November 2021 | Speaker: Veronika Sadlonova
Moderator: Tobias Lüddemann
PCT Biotech – Filing sequence listings at the EPO in the framework of the PCT
This video provides insight into the procedure that applies to the submission and processing of sequence listings at the EPO.
06 October 2020 | Speaker: Isabel Auría Lansac
PCT Rule 20.5bis – Incorporation by reference at the EPO
This video introduces the incorporation-by-reference procedure in use at the EPO since 1 July 2020.
13 October 2020 | Speakers: Paola Giancane and Eva Bach
PCT Practice – A practical update on EPO services in the framework of the PCT
This video focuses in particular on the Covid-19 remedies available at the EPO and the PCT Direct service.
20 October 2020 | Speaker: Christof Mathoi
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Special PCT seminars
PCT for paralegals and patent agents
On 3 June 2025 the EPO offered an online lecture aimed at paralegals and patent agents with a role in administering the PCT procedure. This video summarises the services provided by the EPO as well as the latest developments in the PCT system, providing practical information on EPO online services such as secure online access, online filing and the electronic Mailbox in MyEPO as they relate to the PCT.
03 June 2025 | Speakers: Richard Garvey, Marina Micheli and Elke von Brevern
PCT for US paralegals and agents
On 9 May 2023 the European Patent Office (EPO) offered an online seminar for US paralegals and agents dedicated to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). This video summarises the services provided by the EPO and the latest developments in the PCT system as well as getting practical information on the related EPO’s online services like payment and reimbursement, the new secure online access, the online filing possibilities and the electronic Mailbox.
09 May 2023 | Speakers: Richard Garvey, Marina Micheli, Benjamin Dankers, Michael Lindblom, Adriana Mazurkiewicz and Carl Oppedahl
Recorded sessions “EPO User Day 2022”
European Patent Register
European Patent Register assistant EPO-CNIPA pilot on PCT services for Chinese applicants – 2021-2023
These presentations from 2022 and 2023 and the video lecture from 2021 feature a number of experts from both the EPO and CNIPA, who introduce the framework of the project and illustrate its benefits when seeking patent protection in Europe.
Downloads of online lectures from 2023:Downloads of online lectures from 2022:
PCT international phase: What makes the EPO so special?
On 22 November 2021, two lawyers from the European Patent Office (EPO) presented two online seminars for US practitioners. In the first video, Camille-Rémy Bogliolo talks about the PCT international phase and the role of the EPO. The sessions were moderated by John White, Managing Director of the PCT Learning Center.
22. November 2021 | Speaker: Camille-Rémy Bogliolo
Accelerating EURO-PCT applications
In this second video, Reinoud Hesper discusses the entry into the European phase and the possibilities to expedite its proceedings.
22 November 2021 | Speaker: Reinoud Hesper
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