Below is a list of office closure dates for the UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO), European Patent Office (EPO), European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), and World Intellectual Property office (WIPO).
Deadlines that fall on an office closure day will automatically be extended to the next working day. If you have an email that relates to an urgent deadline, please forward it to ip@appleyardlees.com and it will be dealt with accordingly. Emails will not be automatically forwarded. Please note that the ip@appleyardlees.com inbox is only monitored when one of the official offices is open. If all offices are closed, emails to this inbox will not be picked up until the following working day.
UK IPO closure dates: Upcoming bank holidays in England and Wales 2025
2026
| 01 January | New Year’s Day |
| 3 April | Good Friday |
| 6 April | Easter Monday |
| 04 May | Early May bank holiday |
| 26 May | Spring bank holiday |
| 31 August | Summer bank holiday |
| 25 December | Christmas Day |
| 28 December | Boxing Day (substitute day) |
Munich / Berlin 2026
2026
| 01 January | New Year’s Day |
| 6 January | Epiphany |
| 3 April | Good Friday |
| 6 April | Easter Monday |
| 1 May | Labour Day |
| 14 May | Ascension Day |
| 25 May | Whit Monday |
| 4 June | Corpus Christi |
| 1 November | All Saints’ Day |
| 24 December | Christmas Eve |
| 25 December | Christmas Day |
| 31 December | New Year’s Eve |
The Hague
2026
| 3 April | Good Friday |
| 6 April | Easter Monday |
| 27 April | King’s Day |
| 5 May | Liberation Day |
| 14 May | Ascension Day |
| 25 May | Whit Monday |
| 24 December | Christmas Eve |
| 25 December | Christmas Day |
| 31 December | New Year’s Eve |
Vienna
2026
National Holiday
| 6 January | Epiphany |
| 6 April | Easter Monday |
| 1 May | Austrian State Holiday |
| 14 May | Ascension Day |
| 25 May | Whit Monday |
| 4 June | Corpus Christi |
| 26 October | National Holiday |
| 8 December | Immaculate Conception |
| 24 December | Christmas Eve |
| 25 December | Christmas Day |
| 31 December | New Year’s Eve |
2026
| 1 Jan |
| 2 Jan |
| 6 Jan |
| 3 April |
| 6 April |
| 16 April |
| 1 May |
| 25 May |
| 20 May |
| 24 June |
| 12 October |
| 2 November |
| 24-31 December |
2026
| 01 Jan | New Year’s Day |
| 03 April | Good Friday |
| 06 April | Easter Monday |
| 14 May | Ascension |
| 25 May | Whitsun |
| 31 July | Swiss National Day |
| 25 December | Christmas |
| 29 December | New Year’s Eve |
