IPOPHL MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR No.

2020-13A

Subject : AMENDMENT TO ITEM “5” OF IPOPHL MEMORANDUM

CIRCULAR NO. 2020-13

Item 5 of IPOPHL Memorandum Circular No. 2020-13 is hereby amended to

read as follows:

“5. Extension of Deadlines and Payments. The deadlines for submission

of papers/replies/documents including payment of fees shall be as
follows:

“a. Deadlines falling from 16 March 2020 to 31 March 2020

initially extended until 31 May 2020, are further
extended until 30 June 2020;

“b. Deadlines falling from 01 April 2020 to 30 April 2020,

initially extended for sixty (60) days, are further
extended until 30 June 2020.

“c. Deadlines falling from 01 May 2020 to 30 June 2020 will

be extended until 30 July 2020.

“Payment of filing fees including claim of convention priority fee of new

applications for patents, utility models, industrial designs and
trademarks with or without claim of convention priority date filed
through the IPOPHL electronic filing systems during the
abovementioned periods shall likewise be due on the extended
deadlines aforementioned.

“The date when the application was filed online shall be deemed the
filing date.”

This Memorandum Circular shall take effect immediately and shall remain
effective until further notice. Previously issued IPOPHL Memorandum Circulars
inconsistent with the foregoing are deemed modified, superseded, or amended
accordingly.

Done on this 16th day of May 2020 in Taguig City, Philippines.

ROWEL S. BARBA
Director General