For the relevant notification by the Office, refer to the Official Notices (PCT Gazette) dated 25 August 2016, pages 176 et seq. and 10 November 2022, page 299.
Where the international application is filed in electronic form in accordance with and to the extent provided for in Part 7 and Annex F of the Administrative Instructions, the total amount of the international filing fee is reduced (refer to “Fees payable to the RO”).
Where the international application contains a sequence listing as a separate part of the description, this should be furnished in accordance with Annex C of the Administrative Instructions, that is, in compliance with WIPO Standard ST.26 XML format; no fees are due for sequence listings filed in this format.
Applicants filing international applications with RO/IL will be able to use ePCT to generate a .zip file containing a validated request form only.
Yes, the Office accepts electronic filing via ePCT-Filing