United States Patent and Trademark Office: Not Open for Business on 21 December 2009

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has informed the International Bureau under PCT Rule 80.5 that, due to bad weather conditions, it was not open to the public for the purposes of the transaction of official business on Monday, 21 December 2009.

Consequently, pursuant to PCT Rule 80.5, if the expiration of any period during which any document or fee in connection with an international application was required to reach that Office fell on 21 December 2009, that period was extended so as to expire on the next working day, which was Tuesday, 22 December 2009.