EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE
Information from the EPO
Notice from the European Patent Office dated 11 September 2023 concerning the days on which EPO filing offices are closed in 2024
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 2024, 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 2024 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
New Year's Day |
01.01.2024 |
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■ |
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International Women's Day |
08.03.2024 |
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Good Friday |
29.03.2024 |
■ |
■ |
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Easter Monday |
01.04.2024 |
■ |
■ |
■ |
Labour Day |
01.05.2024 |
■ |
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■ |
Ascension Day |
09.05.2024 |
■ |
■ |
■ |
Whit Monday |
20.05.2024 |
■ |
■ |
■ |
Corpus Christi |
30.05.2024 |
■ |
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Assumption Day |
15.08.2024 |
■ |
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Day of German Unity |
03.10.2024 |
■ |
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■ |
All Saints' Day |
01.11.2024 |
■ |
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Christmas Eve |
24.12.2024 |
■ |
■ |
■ |
Christmas Day |
25.12.2024 |
■ |
■ |
■ |
Boxing Day |
26.12.2024 |
■ |
■ |
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Bridging day |
27.12.2024 |
■ |
■ |
■ |
Bridging day |
30.12.2024 |
■ |
■ |
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New Year's Eve |
31.12.2024 |
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■ |
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