J 0001/81 (Public holiday) of 24.11.1982 | XEPC: EPC and PCT resource

European Case Law Identifier:

ECLI:EP:BA:1982:J000181.19821124

Date of decision:

24 November 1982

Case number:

J 0001/81

Application number:

80400601.3

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Title of application:

Applicant name:

Losfeld

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3.1.01

Headnote:

I. Where fees are paid by delivering a cheque to a bank maintaining an account for the Office, the date of payment for the purposes of Article 8(1) of the Rules relating to Fees is not the date on which the cheque was delivered but that on which the payment was entered in the account held by the Office.
II. However, if the time limit for payment expires on a day declared to be a public holiday in Munich, where the Office is located, the time limit is extended under Rule 85(1) EPC irrespective of whether it would, in fact, have been possible to effect payment either in Munich or at any other place where it could validly have been made.

Relevant legal provisions:

European Patent Convention 1973 R 85(1)
Rules relating to fees Art 8(1)

Keywords:

Payment date/filing and search fee
Payment date/filing and search fee
Public holiday
Extension of time limit
Time limit/extension of

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Citing decisions:

J 0030/89

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/j810001ep1.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021