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§ 1.676 Certification and filing by officer, marking exhibits. - PATENT RULES
§ 1.676 Certification and filing by officer, marking exhibits.
(a) The officer shall prepare a certified transcript of the deposition by attaching to a transcript of the deposition a copy of the notice of deposition, any exhibits to be annexed to the certified transcript, and a certificate signed and sealed by the officer and showing:
(1) The witness was duly sworn by the officer before commencement of testimony by the witness.
(2) The transcript is a true record of the testimony given by the witness.
(3) The name of the person by whom the testimony was recorded and, if not recorded by the officer, whether the testimony was recorded in the presence of the officer.
(4) The presence or absence of any opponent.
(5) The place where the deposition was taken and the day and hour when the deposition began and ended.
(6) The officer is not disqualified under § 1.674.
(b) If the parties waived any of the requirements of paragraph (a) of this section, the certificate shall so state.
(c) The officer shall note on the certificate the circumstances under which a witness refuses to sign a transcript.
(d) Unless the parties agree otherwise in writing or on the record at the deposition, the officer shall securely seal the certified transcript in an envelope endorsed with the style of the interference (e.g., Smith v. Jones), the interference number, the name of the witness, and the date of sealing and shall promptly forward the envelope to the address set out in § 1.1(a)(1)(iii). Documents and things produced for inspection during the examination of a witness, shall, upon request of a party, be marked for identification and annexed to the certified transcript, and may be inspected and copied by any party, except that if the person producing the documents and things desires to retain them, the person may:
(1) Offer copies to be marked for identification and annexed to the certified transcript and to serve thereafter as originals if the person affords to all parties fair opportunity to verify the copies by comparison with the originals or
(2) Offer the originals to be marked for identification, after giving each party an opportunity to inspect and copy them, in which event the documents and things may be used in the same manner as if annexed to the certified transcript. The exhibits shall then be filed as specified in § 1.653(i). If the weight or bulk of a document or thing shall reasonably prevent the document or thing from being annexed to the certified transcript, it shall, unless waived on the record at the deposition of all parties, be authenticated by the officer and forwarded to the Director in a separate package marked and addressed as provided in this paragraph
[49 FR 48469, Dec. 12, 1984, added effective Feb. 11, 1985; 50 FR 23124, May 31, 1985; para. (a)(4) revised, 60 FR 14488, Mar. 17, 1995, effective Apr. 21, 1995; introductory text of para. (d) revised, 68 FR 14332, Mar. 25, 2003, effective May 1, 2003]
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