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Notice No. 6/19

of the President of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office of 24 October 2019 concerning the opening hours of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office from 24 December 2019 to 1 January 2020

Opening hours of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office for the offices in Munich, Jena and Berlin – Information and Service Centre – from 24 December 2019 to 1 January 2020

The German Patent and Trade Mark Office will be closed between 24 December 2019 and 1 January 2020 (inclusive). Cash payments will not be possible during that period. The search rooms will be closed. The enquiry units will not be staffed.

Furthermore, the desk of the Document Receiving Service in the Munich office will be closed from Tuesday, 24 December 2019 to Wednesday, 4 January 2020 (inclusive). Please note that the Document Receiving Service cannot accept business documents during that period. As an alternative, you can use the night letterboxes of the three offices in Munich, Jena and Berlin.

The DPMAdirekt services (Pro and Web) for online filing of IP applications as well as the DPMAregister service will be fully available during the closure period of the office.

The President of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office
Cornelia Rudloff-Schäffer

2043 E 9 - 4.1.2

Last updated: 31 October 2019