Article 139

EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE

Information from the EPO

Notice from the President of the European Patent Office dated 16 December 2020 concerning the additional days on which EPO filing offices are closed in 2021

1. In view of the current situation with coronavirus (COVID-19), the EPO is extending the list of days on which its filing offices are closed for the receipt of documents. The notice from the President of the European Patent Office dated 16 October 2020 concerning the days on which EPO filing offices are closed in 20211 is therefore amended by adding the days listed below.

2. Additional days on which the EPO's filing offices in Munich, The Hague and Berlin are closed for the receipt of documents:

3. Under Rule 134(1) EPC, time limits expiring on a day on which at least one EPO filing office is not open for receipt of documents (closing days) are extended until the first day thereafter on which all the filing offices are open for receipt of documents and on which ordinary mail is delivered. For PCT proceedings, the list applies mutatis mutandis for the purposes of Rule 80.5 PCT.