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Unavailability of Electronic Means of Communication at Offices

In accordance with PCT Rule 82quater.2(a), the Offices listed below have notified the International Bureau that they apply the Rule, and have provided details concerning its application. When specific instances of unavailability of electronic means of communications have taken place, the details of those outages will also be provided here. All times indicated are the local times applicable at the respective Office.

Applicants who did not meet a time limit fixed in the Regulations due to a confirmed unavailability of an electronic means of communication may request excuse of delay in meeting that time limit under PCT Rule 82quater.2(a), in accordance with the applicable conditions announced by the specific Office (for more information, please refer to the information provided through the hyperlink in the two-letter code for the Office concerned).

Office System Date of unavailability Period of unavailability
EP Online Filing 5.15 27-28 March 2024 7:20 p.m. (27 March) to
10.04 a.m. (28 March)
Online Filing 2.0 3-5 October 2023 2:30 p.m. (3 October) to
3:52 p.m. (5 October)
Online Filing 2.0 19 July 2023
20 July 2023		 4:00 p.m. (19 July) to
2:45 p.m. (20 July)
Online Filing 2.0 27 February 2022
28 February 2022		 7:00 p.m. (27 February) to
10:27 a.m. (28 February)
All online services 29 November 2021


 3:13 a.m. to 8:35 a.m.
CMS 26 November 2020
27 November 2020

8:00 a.m. (26 November) to 11:00 a.m. (27 November)
All online services 26 November 2020
27 November 2020		 11:25 p.m. (26 November) to 1:15 a.m. (27 November)
CMS 23 December 2020 8:20 a.m. to 6:45 p.m.
IB ePCT 28 March 2024 2:50 p.m. to 4:40 p.m.
ePCT  20 October 2023 5:10 p.m. to 7:50 p.m.
ePCT 19 October 2022 2:30 a.m. to 6:25 a.m.
ePCT 12 July 2020
13 July 2020		 7:20 a.m. (12 July) to
7:52 a.m. (13 July)
JP no outage notified
SE no outage notified
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