United States Patent and Trademark Office: Not Open for Business from 8 to 11 February 2010

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has informed the International Bureau under PCT Rule 80.5 that, due to weather conditions, it was not open to the public for the purposes of the transaction of official business from Monday, 8 February to Thursday, 11 February 2010, inclusive.

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 any of those days, that period was extended so as to expire on the next working day, which was Friday, 12 February 2010.

For further information on the consequences of the closure on patent-related matters, see the notice on the USPTO website at:

http://www.uspto.gov/news/index_emergency.jsp

It is recalled that the International Bureau has published the closed dates in 2010 for a number of industrial property Offices. The full collection, which includes all years back to 2005, may be consulted at:

http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/closeddates/index.html