Title 7 — Agriculture
Part E · Chapter 57 — Plant Variety Protection
§ 2421. Application for recognition of plant variety rights
Statutory text
An application for a certificate of Plant Variety Protection may be filed by the owner of the variety sought to be protected. The application shall be made in writing to the Secretary, shall be signed by or on behalf of the applicant, and shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee.
An error as to the naming of the breeder, without deceptive intent, may be corrected at any time, in accordance with regulations established by the Secretary.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 91–577 title II § 51 · 84 Stat. 1542
Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 2421
(Pub. L. 91–577, title II, § 51, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1548.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 91–577, title II, § 51, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1548.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 51. Application for Recognition of Plant Variety Rights. (a) An application for a certificate of Plant Variety Protection may be filed by the owner of the variety sought to be protected. The application shall be made in writing to the Secretary, shall be signed by or on behalf of the applicant, and shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee. (b) An error as to the naming of the breeder, without deceptive intent, may be corrected at any time, in accordance with regulations established by the Secretary.
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