Guidelines for Examination:PART E: CHAPTER VIII TIME LIMITS, LOSS OF RIGHTS, FURTHER AND ACCELERATED PROCESSING AND RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF..., 1. Time limits and loss of rights resulting from failure to respond within a time limit, 1.3 Time limits which may be freely determined

Guidelines for Examination
PART E
CHAPTER VIII TIME LIMITS, LOSS OF RIGHTS, FURTHER AND ACCELERATED PROCESSING AND RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF...
1. Time limits and loss of rights resulting from failure to respond within a time limit
1.3 Time limits which may be freely determined

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PART E
CHAPTER VIII TIME LIMITS, LOSS OF RIGHTS, FURTHER AND ACCELERATED PROCESSING AND RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF...
1. Time limits and loss of rights resulting from failure to respond within a time limit

1.2 Duration of the time limits to be determined by the EPO on the basis of EPC provisions

1.4 Calculation of time limits

1.3	Time limits which may be freely determined

Time limits for operations in respect of which the setting of a time limit is not explicitly provided for in the EPC are not subject to the restrictions as to the duration of time limits laid down in Rule 84. They may be fixed by the EPO at its own discretion. For example, if a party is requested to forward copies of his document where this was not submitted in the required number of copies (Rule 36(4)), a time limit of two to four weeks would be appropriate.