CITE 35 USC Sec. Testimony in Patent and Trademark Office cases The Commissioner may establish rules for taking affidavits and depositions required in cases in the Patent and Trademark Office. Any officer authorized by law to take depositions to be used in the courts of the United States, or of the State where he resides, may take such affidavits and depositions. L. 93-596, Sec. This section is placed in part 1 since it relates to trade-mark cases in the Patent Office as well as to patent cases.
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L. 93-596 substituted ''Patent and Trademark Office'' for ''Patent Office'' in section catchline and text. L. 93-596, set out as a note under section 1111 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade. CITE 35 USC Sec. The clerk of any United States court for the district wherein testimony is to be taken for use in any contested case in the Patent and Trademark Office, shall, upon the application of any party thereto, issue a subpoena for any witness residing or being within such district, commanding him to appear and testify before an officer in such district authorized to take depositions and affidavits, at the time and place stated in the subpoena. The provisions of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure relating to the attendance of witnesses and to the production of documents and things shall apply to contested cases in the Patent and Trademark Office.