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<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">I received an Office
Action rejecting a domicile address that I'd provided on the
grounds that it was just a mailbox, not an actual place of
business. In this case, this was incorrect - the OA included a
map of the location, but that map was inaccurate, and I filed a
response addressing the issue.</font></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">However, the bigger
issue is that in the Office Action, while the Examining Attorney
did not reveal the domicile address in the text of the OA, they
did attach several documents related to this building and
location as evidence supporting the rejection, revealing the
street address and in fact a map of the layout of the office
building (which turns out to be inaccurate). So now my client's
supposedly secret domicile address is a part of the public
record for anyone who wants to dig through the filing.</font></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">I don't blame the
Examining Attorney - he's just doing what he has to do given
these ridiculous rules. But this clearly goes against the
USPTO's many statements to the effect that domicile addresses
will not be made publicly available, right?</font></p>
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