35 USC 162: Description, claim
Text contains those laws in effect on January 23, 2000
From Title 35-PATENTSPART II-PATENTABILITY OF INVENTIONS AND GRANT OF PATENTSCHAPTER 15-PLANT PATENTS
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§162. Description, claim
No plant patent shall be declared invalid for noncompliance with section 112 of this title if the description is as complete as is reasonably possible.
The claim in the specification shall be in formal terms to the plant shown and described.
(July 19, 1952, ch. 950,
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on Title 35, U.S.C., 1946 ed., §33, part (R.S. 4888, amended (1) Mar. 3, 1915, ch. 94, §1,
The first paragraph is the provision in R.S. 4888 (see section 112). The second paragraph is not in the statute but represents the actual practice.