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OJ 2019, A97 (14 Nov 19) & OJ 2020, A56 (27 Apr 20) indicate days on which filing offices are closed in 2020
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EPO Closing Days
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2020All EPO filing offices (Munich, The Hague and Berlin) are closed for the receipt of documents on every Saturday and Sunday (weekend). The other closing days are listed below in the OJEPO notice. If any one of the filing offices are closed, ALL are considered closed legally for the receipt of documents.
Time limits expiring on a day on which at least one EPO filing office is not open for receipt of documents are extended AUTOMATICALLY until the first day thereafter on which ALL the filing offices are open for receipt of documents and on which ordinary mail is delivered.
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6789101112345678923456781. Calculate or identify the trigger. If trigger is an EPO & EPC communication, consider adding 10d - R. 126(2) EPC.
2. Calculate the last day of the period from the trigger to perform the procedural act according to the law.
3. Check whether the last day falls in a weekend. If NO: the "last day of the period" is a working day (Mon to Fri). If YES: the "last day of the period" is automatically extended to AT LEAST the next working day (Mon)
4. Check whether the weekday reached in step 3 is a closing day. If NO, the "last day of the period" is the weekday reached in step 3. If YES: the "last day of the period" is automatically extended to the next weekday which is not a closing day.
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