7 USC 2423: Joint breeders
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7 USC 2423: Joint breeders Text contains those laws in effect on January 4, 1995
From Title 7-AGRICULTURECHAPTER 57-PLANT VARIETY PROTECTIONSUBCHAPTER II-PROTECTABILITY OF PLANT VARIETIES AND CERTIFICATES OF PROTECTIONPart E-Applications; Form; Who May File; Relating Back; Confidentiality
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§2423. Joint breeders

(a) When two or more persons are the breeders, one person (or the successor of the person) may apply, naming the others.

(b) The Secretary, after such notice as the Secretary 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.

(Pub. L. 91 577, title II, §53, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1548; Pub. L. 103 349, §13(g), Oct. 6, 1994, 108 Stat. 3143.)

Amendments

1994-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103 349, §13(g)(1), substituted "one person (or the successor of the person)" for "one (or his successor)".

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103 349, §13(g)(2), substituted "the Secretary" for "he" before "may".

Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

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.