Patent Rules

Marginal note:Prescribed days

5 The following days are prescribed for the purposes of subsection 78(1) of the Act:

• (a) Saturday;

• (b) Sunday;

• (c) January 1 or, if January 1 falls on a Saturday or a Sunday, the following Monday;

• (d) Good Friday;

• (e) Easter Monday;

• (f) the Monday before May 25;

• (g) June 24 or, if June 24 falls on a Saturday or a Sunday, the following Monday;

• (h) July 1 or, if July 1 falls on a Saturday or a Sunday, the following Monday;

• (i) the first Monday in August;

• (j) the first Monday in September;

• (j.1) September 30 or, if September 30 falls on a Saturday or a Sunday, the following Monday;

• (k) the second Monday in October;

• (l) November 11 or, if November 11 falls on a Saturday or a Sunday, the following Monday;

• (m) December 25 and 26 or

  • (i) if December 25 falls on a Friday, that Friday and the following Monday, and

  • (ii) if December 25 falls on a Saturday or a Sunday, the following Monday and Tuesday; and

• (n) any day on which the Patent Office is closed to the public for all or part of the day during ordinary business hours.