A.120 EPC Time limits

The Implementing Regulations shall specify:

(a)

the time limits which are to be observed in proceedings before the European Patent Office and are not fixed by this Convention;

(b)

the manner of computation of time limits and the conditions under which time limits may be extended;

(c)

the minima and maxima for time limits to be determined by the European Patent Office.

[ R. 131 136 160 ]

Amended by the Act revising the European Patent Convention of 29.11.2000.

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/html/epc/2016/e/ar120.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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EPC Articles

X Chapter I Common provisions governing procedure

X A.75 EPC Filing of a European patent application

EPC Implementing Rules

X R.123 EPC Conservation of evidence

X R.131 EPC Calculation of periods

X R.132 EPC Periods specified by the European Patent Office

X R.133 EPC Late receipt of documents

X R.134 EPC Extension of periods

X R.135 EPC Further processing

X R.136 EPC Re-establishment of rights

X R.160 EPC Consequences of non-fulfilment of certain requirements

EPO Guidelines - E General Procedural Matters

X GL E VIII 1.1 Determination of time limits

Offical Journal of the EPO

X OJ EPO 2020, A120 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 22 October 2020 concerning the procedures and safeguards which apply under the EPC and the PCT in the event of outages of means of electronic filing and other online services

General Case Law

X T 0246/08 (Seismic sensor/SCHLUMBERGER) of 14.8.2008

X T 0585/08 (Re-establishment of rights in respect of the time limit for filing … of 20.10.2009

X T 0578/14 () of 25.4.2017