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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">I am re-asking this question with clarifications based on Rick N\u2019s question:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> For a pending US patent application:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">What are our obligations to keep an
<b><u>applicant's</u></b> address current in the USPTO?<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">What are our obligations to keep an
<b><u>assignee\u2019s</u></b> address current in the USPTO assignment database?<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Assume that the correspondence address for the application is my customer number, not the applicant\u2019s address.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">In my case, the assignee and applicant for a US application is a German entity (XYZ GmbH). An assignment (from the inventor to XYZ GmbH) was recorded in the USPTO\u2019s assignment database
when the application was filed. The assignee/applicant has moved to different addresses a few times since the application was filed. Twice within the same German city and once to another German city. Their name and corporate status have not changed, just
their business/mail address. I.e., it is the same legal entity, just at a different address.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Do I have an obligation to keep an
<b><u>applicant </u></b>XYZ GmbH\u2019s address current in the USPTO?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Do I have an obligation to keep the
<b>assignee</b> XYZ GmbH\u2019s address current in the USPTO assignment database?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.25in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Thanks in advance<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Patent Lawyer <patentlawyer995@gmail.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, June 5, 2025 at 12:50 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Rick Neifeld <richardneifeld@gmail.com>, Patentpractice Patentpractice <patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Patentpractice] What are our obligations to keep an applicant / assignee address current in the USPTO?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The assignment was recorded in the assignment database</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Rick Neifeld <richardneifeld@gmail.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, June 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Patentpractice Patentpractice <patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Patent Lawyer <patentlawyer995@gmail.com><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Patentpractice] What are our obligations to keep an applicant / assignee address current in the USPTO?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">"<span style="font-size:11.0pt"> in the USPTO?" Where in the USPTO? Assignment database, or some particular proceeding, such as the official record for the application?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Jun 5, 2025 at 12:05\u202fPM Patent Lawyer via Patentpractice <<a href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The assignee and applicant for a US application is a German entity (GmbH).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The assignment was recorded when the application was filed. The assignee has moved to different addresses a few times since the application was filed. Twice within the same German city and once to another
German city. Their name and corporate status have not changed, just the address. I.e., it is the same legal entity, just at a different address.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">What are our obligations to keep an
<b><u>applicant's</u></b> address current in the USPTO?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">What are our obligations to keep an
<b><u>assignee\u2019s</u></b> address current in the USPTO?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thanks in advance</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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