Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73
§2481 Plant variety protection
Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 57— - PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - PROTECTABILITY OF PLANT VARIETIES AND CERTIFICATES OF PROTECTION › Part Part H— - Certificates of Plant Variety Protection › § 2481
Summary
If an application is allowed, the owner gets a written notice naming an issue fee that must be paid within one month. After that payment and the seed deposit required by section 2422(3), the certificate is issued. Late payment may be accepted within nine months after the due date if an extra fee set by the Secretary is paid, or later if the Secretary allows.
Full Legal Text
Title 7, §2481
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(a)If it appears that a certificate of plant variety protection should be issued on an application, a written notice of allowance shall be given or mailed to the owner. The notice shall specify the sum, constituting the issue fee, which shall be paid within one month thereafter.
(b)Upon timely payment of this sum, and provided that deposit of seed has been made in accordance with section 2422(3) 11 See References in Text note below. of this title, the certificate of plant variety protection shall issue.
(c)If any payment required by this section is not timely made, but is submitted with an additional fee prescribed by the Secretary within nine months after the due date or within such further time as the Secretary may allow, it shall be accepted.
Legislative History
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References in Text
section 2422(3) of this title, referred to in subsec. (b), was redesignated section 2422(4) of this title by Pub. L. 103–349, § 4, Oct. 6, 1994, 108 Stat. 3139.
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Citation
7 U.S.C. § 2481
Title 7 — Agriculture
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73