The Israel Patent Office is to be closed from the 29th March 2010 to 6th April 2010 for Pesach (Passover).
As occurs a few times a century, there is agreement between the Western (Catholic and Anglican protestant) and the Eastern (Greek Orthodox) churches that Easter Sunday is 4th April 2010, so the Israel Patent Office is simultaneously closed for Easter. ( am not using the word ‘coincidentally’ - since there is a correlation between Easter and Pesach of course).
Ramadan finishes just before Rosh Hashana so the Israel Patent Office will apparently be open over Ramadan and Idel Fitteh.
Any deadlines occurring over the closure will be extended until 7 April 2010. There is a legal loophole that could be utilized by foreign entities missing a Paris Convention deadline for filing PCT applications to gain an extension. Please contact me if there is a need to do so, and we will explain the procedure.
