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The Filing estimate now has a Utility Model option, similarly to the way this works in projects.

You can now order a Unified Patent Court opt-out when adding an EP project in the portal. To do this, select the Request UPC Opt-Out checkbox in any EP Filing workflow.

You can now receive an estimate or place an order to file a PCT International application in the Questel Services Portal.

You can now upload sequence listings or other files in XML format in the following locations in the Questel Services Portal:

The Questel Services Portal now provides an option to order a European patent with unitary effect.

The Questel Services Portal now provides an option to request a cost estimate for a Unitary Patent.

If you would like to order the translation of the claims for the EP Grant phase, and a Validation service at the same time, the new workflow is designed to meet that need.

The Deliver Translations to Agents field in the Translation workflows will be removed.

The new project confirmation emails from the Questel Services Portal will now include the Filing Type field, for added clarity around ordered services.

To provide you with cost estimates for non-patent translation requests, the Other option has been added to Translation estimates.

Germany recently became a 31-month country under PCT.

You will no longer see the three translation options in estimates where source language is not English.

If you run into any issue creating an estimate, you can now reach out to our Client Solutions team directly from the portal.

The Voluntary Amendment checkbox is now available in PCT National filing workflows. Using this option in the estimate will instantly adjust the cost when applicable.

When creating an estimate where the Source language is not English, the option to use English as a relay or transitional language is now selected by default.

You can now enable a Law Firm Reference Number field and add this information in your project workflows.