§ 2442. Notice of refusal; reconsideration

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 § 62 · 84 Stat. 1542

   Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 2442

   Pub. L. 91–577, title II, § 62, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1549

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 91–577, title II, § 62, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1549

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 62. Notice of Refusal; Reconsideration. (a) Whenever an application is refused, or any objection or requirement made by the, examiner, the, Secretary shall notify the applicant thereof, stating the reasons therefor, together with such information and references as may be useful in judging the propriety of continuing the prosecution of the application; and if after receiving such notice the applicant, requests reconsideration, with or without amendment, the application shall be reconsidered. (b) For taking appropriate action after the mailing to him of an action other than allowance, an applicant shall be allowed six months, or such other time as the Secretary in exceptional circumstances shall set in the refusal, or such time as no may allow as an extension. Without such extension, action may be, taken up to three months late by paying an additional fee to be prescribed by the Secretary.

2. 1994

   Plant Variety Protection Act Amendments of 1994

   Pub. L. 103–349 · 108 Stat. 3136

   1. Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 2442(b)

      Pub. L. 103–349 in first sentence substituted “mailing to an applicant” for “mailing to him”

   2. Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 2442(b)

      Pub. L. 103–349 in first sentence substituted “the applicant shall” for “an applicant shall”

   3. Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 2442(b)

      Pub. L. 103–349 in first sentence substituted “at least 30 days, and not more than 180 days” for “six months”

   4. Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 2442(b)

      Pub. L. 103–349 in first sentence substituted “the Secretary shall” for “the Secretary in exceptional circumstances shall”

   5. Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 2442(b)

      Pub. L. 103–349 in first sentence substituted “as the Secretary may” for “as he may”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–349 in first sentence substituted “mailing to an applicant” for “mailing to him”, “the applicant shall” for “an applicant shall”, “at least 30 days, and not more than 180 days” for “six months”, “the Secretary shall” for “the Secretary in exceptional circumstances shall”, and “as the Secretary may” for “as he may”.

   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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