In 2012, the European Patent Office will be closed at all sites in week 52 which is between Christmas and New Year.
From Monday 24 December 2012 to Tuesday 1 January 2013, the Patent Data Services Team will not be there to reply to your queries.
The weekly production schedule will be also be modified as follows:
14.7 - DOCDB
No Amend and Create-Delete files in week 52/12 and no Amend file on Tuesday 1 January 2013. These three files will be delivered on Wednesday 2 January 2013 instead. DVDs will be sent after 2 January 2013.
14.11 - Legal Status
No file in week 52/12. Data of week 52/12 will be included in the file of week 01/13, which will be published on Thursday 3 January 2013. DVDs will be sent on 3 January.
14.15 - SEQL
Files of week 52/12 and 01/13 will be delivered on Wednesday 2 January 2013.
14.12 - EP A/B and 14.1- EBD are not affected.
The statistics on the website will not be updated on Thursday 27 December 2012. Updated statistics will be published on Thursday 3 January 2013.