§ 2423. Joint breeders

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.

1. 1970

   Pub. L. 91–577 title II § 53 · 84 Stat. 1542

   Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 2423

   Pub. L. 91–577, title II, § 53, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1548

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 91–577, title II, § 53, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1548

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 53. Joint Breeders. (a) When two or more persons are the breeders, one (or his successor) may apply, naming the others. (b) The Secretary, after such notice as he may prescribe, may issue a certificate of plant variety protection to the applicant and such of the other breeders (or their successors in interest) as may have subsequently joined in the application.

2. 1994

   Plant Variety Protection Act Amendments of 1994

   Pub. L. 103–349 § 13(g)(1) · 108 Stat. 3136

   Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 2423(a)

   Pub. L. 103–349, § 13(g)(1), substituted “one person (or the successor of the person)” for “one (or his successor)”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–349, § 13(g)(1), substituted “one person (or the successor of the person)” for “one (or his successor)”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) in subsection (a), by striking “one (or his successor)” and inserting “one person (or the successor of the person)”; and

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 103–349 effective 180 days after Oct. 6, 1994, see section 15 of Pub. L. 103–349, set out as a note under section 2401 of this title.

3. 1994

   Plant Variety Protection Act Amendments of 1994

   Pub. L. 103–349 § 13(g)(2) · 108 Stat. 3136

   Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 2423(b)

   Pub. L. 103–349, § 13(g)(2), substituted “the Secretary” for “he” before “may”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–349, § 13(g)(2), substituted “the Secretary” for “he” before “may”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (2) in subsection (b), by striking “he” and inserting “the Secretary”.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 103–349 effective 180 days after Oct. 6, 1994, see section 15 of Pub. L. 103–349, set out as a note under section 2401 of this title.

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