Ancillary Regulations Part II: Rule 85(1) OJ 2004, 449

Rule 85(1) OJ 2004, 449: Notice from the President of the European Patent Office dated 2 July 2004 concerning the days on which EPO filing offices are closed in 2005

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Table of Contents

Foreword

Ancillary Regulations

Part II

Rule 85(1)

Rule 84a OJ 2003, 283: Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 31 March 2003 concerning the application of Rule 84(a) EPC on the late receipt of documents

Rule 85(1) OJ 2004, 449: Notice from the President of the European Patent Office dated 2 July 2004 concerning the days on which EPO filing offices are closed in 2005

Rule 85(1) OJ 2003, 566: Notice from the President of the European Patent Office dated 26 September 2003 concerning the days on which EPO filing offices are closed in 2004

Rule 85(1) OJ 2005, 477: Notice from the President of the European Patent Office dated 16 June 2005 concerning the days on which EPO filing offices are closed in 2006

Rule 85(1) - OJ 2004, 449

Notice from the President of the European Patent Office dated 2 July 2004 concerning the days on which EPO filing offices are closed in 2005

- OJ 2004, 449 -

Under Rule 85(1) EPC time limits expiring on a day on which at least one of the filing offices of the EPO 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.	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 2005 are listed below.

Days

Munich

The Hague

Berlin

Epiphany

06.01.2005

Good Friday

25.03.2005

Easter Monday

28.03.2005

Liberation Day

05.05.2005

Ascension Day

05.05.2005

Whit Monday

16.05.2005

Corpus Christi

26.05.2005

Assumption Day

15.08.2005

Day of German Unity

03.10.2005

All Saints' Day

01.11.2005

Boxing Day

26.12.2005