E-filing Offices
The following receiving Offices accept the filing of PCT international applications in fully electronic format. For more details please click the links in the left-hand column.
| Office | Accepted online filing sytems |
Accepted physical media |
File formats |
| AT | PCT-SAFE, EPO-OLF | CD-R, DVD-R, 3,5'' diskette | XML, ST.25, PDF, TIFF |
| AU | PCT-SAFE via web upload | -- | XML, ST.25, PDF, TIFF |
| CA | PCT-SAFE via web upload | CD-R, DVD-R, 3,5'' diskette | XML, ST.25, ASCII, PDF, TIFF |
| CN | PCT-SAFE | CD-R, DVD-R | XML, ST.25, PDF, TIFF |
| DE | PCT-SAFE, EPO-OLF, DPMAdirekt | CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-RW | XML, ST.25, PDF, TIFF |
| DK | PCT-SAFE, EPO-OLF | CD-R, DVD-R, 3,5'' diskette | XML, ST.25, PDF, TIFF |
| EP | PCT-SAFE, EPO-OLF | CD-R | XML, ST.25,PDF, TIFF, ASCII |
| ES | PCT-SAFE, EPO-OLF | CD-R, DVD-R, 3,5'' diskette | XML, ST.25, PDF, TIFF |
| FI | PCT-SAFE, EPO-OLF | CD-R | XML, ST.25, PDF, TIFF |
| FR | EPO-OLF | -- | XML, ST.25, PDF, TIFF, ASCII |
| GB | PCT-SAFE, EPO-OLF | CD-R, 3,5'' diskette | XML, ST.25, PDF, TIFF, JPEG |
| HR | PCT-SAFE, EPO-OLF | CD-R, DVD-R, 3,5'' diskette | XML, ST.25, PDF, TIFF |
| IB | PCT-SAFE, EPO-OLF | CD-R, DVD-R | XML, ST.25, PDF, TIFF |
| IL | PCT-SAFE | CD-R, DVD-R | XML, ST.25, PDF, TIFF |
| IS | PCT-SAFE, EPO-OLF | CD-R, DVD-R, 3,5'' diskette | XML, ST.25, PDF, TIFF |
| JP | PCT-SAFE, JPO PAS | -- | XML, ST.25, TIFF, JFIF |
| KR | PCT-SAFE plus KIPO web confirmation | CD-R | XML, ST.25, TIFF |
| LT | PCT-SAFE, EPO-OLF | CD-R, DVD-R | XML, ST.25, PDF, TIFF |
| MY | PCT-SAFE | DVD-R, CD-R, 3,5'' diskette | XML, ST.25, PDF, TIFF, TXT |
| NL | PCT-SAFE, EPO-OLF | CD-R, 3,5'' diskette | XML, ST.25, PDF, TIFF, JPEG |
| NO | PCT-SAFE, EPO-OLF | CD-R, DVD-R | XML, ST.25, PDF, TIFF, JFIF |
| PH | PCT-SAFE | CD-R, DVD-R, 3,5'' diskette | XML, ST.25, PDF, TIFF, ASCII |
| PL | PCT-SAFE, EPO-OLF | CD-R, DVD-R | XML, ST.25, PDF, TIFF |
| PT | PCT-SAFE, EPO-OLF | CD-R, 3,5'' diskette | XML, ST.25, PDF, TIFF |
| RO | PCT-SAFE, EPO-OLF | CD-R, DVD-R, 3,5'' diskette | XML, ST.25, PDF, TIFF |
| SE | PCT-SAFE, EPO-OLF | CD-R, CD-ROM | XML, ST.25, PDF, TIFF |
| SK | PCT-SAFE, EPO-OLF | CD-R, DVD-R, 3,5'' diskette | XML, ST.25, PDF, TIFF |
NB: USPTO's EFS-Web, for which PCT-SAFE can be used, is not fully compliant with Annex F of the Administrative Instructions Under the PCT, therefore it is not included in the above table. Please see our "Instructions for the use of PCT-SAFE in combination with EFS-Web (e-filing with RO/US)" at http://www.wipo.int/pct-safe/en/support/user_documentation.htm.
