1. In view of the current situation with coronavirus (COVID-19), the EPO is extending the list of days on which its filing offices are closed for the receipt of documents. The notice from the President of the European Patent Office dated 16 October 2020 concerning the days on which EPO filing offices are closed in 2021^[ 1 ] is therefore amended by adding the days listed below.

Contracting state

The European Patent Office (EPO) is aware that European patent applicants and proprietors sometimes receive invoices from firms and individuals inviting them to pay for the publication and/or registration of their applications and patents.

The Enlarged Board of Appeal,

having regard to Rule 13 of the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention, as amended by decision CA/D 6/16 of the Administrative Council of 30 June 2016, which entered into force on 1 July 2016 (see OJ EPO 2016, A100),

The Presidium,

pursuant to Rule 12b, paragraph 4, of the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention, as amended by decision CA/D 6/16 of the Administrative Council of 30 June 2016, which entered into force on 1 July 2016 (see OJ EPO 2016, A100),