• December 2000: launch of version 1.01, allowing the online filing of EP applications
  • July 2002: launch of version 1.10, allowing the online filing of EP and Euro-PCT applications (Form 1200)
  • November 2002: launch of version 1.11, allowing the online filing of PCT applications
  • August 2003: launch of version 2.00, allowing filings in trilateral XML standard
  • December 2003: launch of version 2.10, allowing the filing of subsequently filed documents in the EP patent granting procedure. A full network version allows any number of users to work independently of one another on one and the same application
  • January 2004: launch of updated version 2.10 with PCT client complying with PCT Regulations of 1 January 2004, allowing PCT applications to be filed in XML


History of national office Online Filing services

  • April 2001: launch of the Finnish online filing service
  • December 2002: launch of the French online filing service
  • December 2003: launch of the Spanish online filing Service
  • March 2004: launch of the German online filing service
  • August 2004: launch of the UK online filing service