INFORMATION FROM THE EPO
List of days in 2013 on which EPO filing offices and national patent authorities of the EPC contracting states are closed - corrigendum - See also OJ 2013, 18
The Cyprus Patent Office has informed us that this year, in addition to the list of holidays published in OJ EPO 2013, 20, it will also be closed on Tuesday, 24 December 2013 (Christmas Eve).
Contrary to the information in the above list, however, it will be open on 7 May 2013, as that is not a holiday in Cyprus.
Under Rule 134(1) EPC, periods expiring on a day on which at least one of the EPO's filing offices is not open for receipt of documents are extended to the first day thereafter on which all the filing offices are open for receipt of documents.
Under Rule 134(3) EPC, the provisions of Rule 134(1) EPC apply mutatis mutandis where acts are performed with the central industrial property office or other competent authority of a contracting state.