Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73
§2403 Reciprocity limits
Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 57— - PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - PROTECTABILITY OF PLANT VARIETIES AND CERTIFICATES OF PROTECTION › Part Part D— - Protectability of Plant Varieties › § 2403
Summary
Protection may be limited to U.S. nationals, unless a treaty prevents that; foreign residents get same protection if their country gives it to U.S. nationals.
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Title 7, §2403
Agriculture — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Protection under this chapter may, by regulation, be limited to nationals of the United States, except where this limitation would violate a treaty and except that nationals of a foreign state in which they are domiciled shall be entitled to so much of the protection here afforded as is afforded by said foreign state to nationals of the United States for the same genus and species.
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Citation
7 U.S.C. § 2403
Title 7 — Agriculture
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73