My European patent annual fee was not paid in time due to a computer virus. It has been 8 months since I lost my rights. Can I still recover my rights?

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For European patents, there are two kinds of relief measures that have the right to restore, such as due care reasons or unintentional reasons. But for Chinese applicants, these two relief measures are very difficult to ask, and extremely strong measures need to be provided.

For example, due to computer virus, as long as corresponding screenshots and other evidence can be provided to prove that the virus caused the loss of annual fee data, the corresponding European rights can also be restored.