Excuse of Delay in Meeting Time Limits due to Unavailability of Electronic Means of Communication (PCT Rule 82quater.2)
Notification under PCT Rule 82quater.2 (European Patent Office)
In accordance with PCT Rule 82quater.2(a) concerning the excuse of delay in meeting certain time limits due to the unavailability of any of the permitted electronic means of communication at an Office or organization, the European Patent Office (EPO) has notified the International Bureau of the unavailability of Online Filing version 5.15, one of its permitted electronic means of communication, during the following period:
27 March 2024 at 19:20 Central European Time (CET) to 28 March 2024 at 10:04 CET.
Applicants who did not meet a time limit fixed in the PCT Regulations due to the unavailability of that service during the indicated period may request excuse of delay in meeting that time limit under PCT Rule 82quater.2, in accordance with the applicable conditions published in the Official Notices (PCT Gazette) of 26 November 2020, page 253 et seq., at:
https://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/pct/en/docs/official-notices/officialnotices20.pdf#page=253
Information on the outage has been published on the EPO website at:
and on the WIPO website at: