Online renewal fee payments - cross checks
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 1:23 pm
Two questions:
Firstly, in order to have confidence in our Renewals systems, I would like to understand whether the EPO software checks the data I send. I know that if the application number is wrong, the software rejects the payment. Is this also true if the fee is wrong? For example if I instruct payment of the 5th year renewal fee and the 6th year fee is actually due, will the EPO software "know" this and reject the payment?
Secondly, when I first started to set up the Excel spreadsheet and the XML document converter, I obtained some "example" spreadsheets from the EPO. I cannot now find them on my PC! Can anyone tell me where they are located on the EPO web site?
Thanks
Firstly, in order to have confidence in our Renewals systems, I would like to understand whether the EPO software checks the data I send. I know that if the application number is wrong, the software rejects the payment. Is this also true if the fee is wrong? For example if I instruct payment of the 5th year renewal fee and the 6th year fee is actually due, will the EPO software "know" this and reject the payment?
Secondly, when I first started to set up the Excel spreadsheet and the XML document converter, I obtained some "example" spreadsheets from the EPO. I cannot now find them on my PC! Can anyone tell me where they are located on the EPO web site?
Thanks