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Title 7 — Agriculture

Part G · Chapter 57 — Plant Variety Protection

§ 2461. Appeals

Statutory text

From the decisions made under sections 2404, 2443, 2501, and 2568 of this title appeal may, within sixty days or such further times as the Secretary allows, be taken under the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit shall have jurisdiction of any such appeal.

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. Pub. L. 91–577 title II § 71 · 84 Stat. 1542

    Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 2461

    Pub. L. 91–577, title II, § 71, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1550

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 91–577, title II, § 71, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1550

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 71. Appeals. From the decisions made under sections 44, 63, 91, 92, and 128 appeal may, within sixty days or such further times as the Secretary 28 USC app. allows, be taken under the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. The Court of Customs and Patent Appeals and United States Courts of Appeals shall have jurisdiction, with venue in the case of the latter 80 Stat. 622. as stated in 28 U.S.C. 2343.

  2. Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982

    Pub. L. 97–164 title I § 145 · 96 Stat. 25

    Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 2461

    Pub. L. 97–164 substituted “The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit shall have jurisdiction of any such appeal” for “The Court of Customs and Patent Appeals and United States Courts of Appeals shall have jurisdiction, with venue in the case of the latter as stated in section 2343 of title 28”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 97–164 substituted “The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit shall have jurisdiction of any such appeal” for “The Court of Customs and Patent Appeals and United States Courts of Appeals shall have jurisdiction, with venue in the case of the latter as stated in section 2343 of title 28”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 145. plant variety protection act The second sentence of section 71 of the Plant Variety Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 2461) is amended to read as follows: “The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit shall have jurisdiction of any such appeal.”.

  3. Plant Variety Protection Act Amendments of 1994

    Pub. L. 103–349 § 8(d)(1) · 108 Stat. 3136

    Struck · 7 U.S.C. § 2461

    Pub. L. 103–349 struck out “2502,” after “2501,”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 103–349 struck out “2502,” after “2501,”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) Section 71 (7 U.S.C. 2461) is amended by striking “92,”.

    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 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments1982–1994 · 2 rounds

1994

Pub. L. 103–349 struck out “2502,” after “2501,”.

1982

Pub. L. 97–164 substituted “The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit shall have jurisdiction of any such appeal” for “The Court of Customs and Patent Appeals and United States Courts of Appeals shall have jurisdiction, with venue in the case of the latter as stated in section 2343 of title 28”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

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

Effective Date of 1982 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 97–164 effective , see section 402 of Pub. L. 97–164, set out as a note under section 171 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

Credits

1970–1994 · 3 acts
  1. 1970Pub. L. 91–577, title II, § 71, , 84 Stat. 1550
  2. 1982Pub. L. 97–164, title I, § 145, , 96 Stat. 45
  3. 1994Pub. L. 103–349, § 8(d)(1), , 108 Stat. 3141.
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(Pub. L. 91–577, title II, § 71, , 84 Stat. 1550; Pub. L. 97–164, title I, § 145, , 96 Stat. 45; Pub. L. 103–349, § 8(d)(1), , 108 Stat. 3141.)

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