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    <p>Why exactly do you need to use the VPN?  See <a
        href="https://blog.oppedahl.com/getting-a-vpn/"
        class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://blog.oppedahl.com/getting-a-vpn/</a>
      .<br>
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    <p>Why not self-host the VPN?  Then the WAN IP address will be a
      guaranteed safe IP address.  The USPTO will never be able to
      figure out that it is a VPN connection.  See <a
href="https://blog.oppedahl.com/making-your-office-vpn-situation-faster-and-easier-to-use/"
        class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://blog.oppedahl.com/making-your-office-vpn-situation-faster-and-easier-to-use/</a>
      .<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/8/2023 8:46 AM, Steve Zemanick
      via E-trademarks wrote:<br>
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        <p class="MsoNormal">Good morning Listmates, and particularly
          Carl,<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">As of this week I am no longer able to even
          land on USPTO.GOV while using a VPN connection.  I believe
          I’ve had situations in the past where I needed to turn the VPN
          off to say download something from one or more databases at
          the USPTO, but this new situation has me wondering how I’m
          going to manage my competing interests in maintaining private
          communications with clients via VPN vs regular access to the
          USPTO information and interfaces. 
          <o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">I guess I’m hoping there might be settings
          on the VPN and/or browser(s) that might still enable some
          USPTO access via VPN?<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
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            Zemanick<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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