Possible Disruptions to all Online Services – 27 June 2026
Due to scheduled technical maintenance, all online services may experience intermittent disruptions on Saturday, 27 June 2026 (CEST), between 08:00 and 14:00.
During this period, you may occasionally encounter a brief error or an incomplete request. If this occurs, please retry your action, which should succeed on a subsequent attempt.
We apologise for any inconvenience.
Important notice
Legal safeguards may be available where filing or fee payment services were not available, depending on the service affected, the day and duration of the unavailability and the procedural situation. For details see Rule 134 EPC, Rule 82quater.2 PCT, the ADA (Supplementary publication 3, OJ EPO 2022) and the notice from the EPO dated 22 October 2020 (OJ EPO 2020, A120).
Please always quote the reference number indicated above when addressing the EPO in relation to this issue.