Notice concerning the days on which EPO filing offices are closed in 2023

16th November 2022

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Notice from the European Patent Office dated 14 November 2022 concerning the days on which EPO filing offices are closed in 2023

This text is intended for publication in the
Official Journal (OJ) of the EPO. It is made available in advance on
the EPO website merely as a courtesy to the public. Only the text
subsequently published in the officially certified PDF file of the OJ is
authentic. It cannot be guaranteed that this advance version accurately
replicates that text.

1. 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.

2. In 2023, as hitherto, the EPO’s filing
offices in Munich, The Hague and Berlin will be closed for the receipt
of documents on every Saturday and Sunday. The other closing days in
2023 are listed below.

3. For PCT proceedings, the list below applies mutatis mutandis for the purposes of Rule 80.5 PCT.

Days		Munich	The Hague	Berlin
Epiphany	06.01.2023	■
International Women’s Day	08.03.2023			■
Good Friday	07.04.2023	■	■	■
Easter Monday	10.04.2023	■	■	■
King’s Day	27.04.2023		■
Labour Day	01.05.2023	■		■
Liberation Day	05.05.2023		■
Ascension Day	18.05.2023	■	■	■
Whit Monday	29.05.2023	■	■	■
Corpus Christi	08.06.2023	■
Assumption Day	15.08.2023	■
Day of German Unity	03.10.2023	■		■
All Saints’ Day	01.11.2023	■
Christmas Day	25.12.2023	■	■	■
Boxing Day	26.12.2023	■	■	■
Bridging day	27.12.2023	■	■	■
Bridging day	28.12.2023	■	■	■
Bridging day	29.12.2023	■	■	■