Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73
§2482 How issued
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 › § 2482
Summary
The Plant Variety Protection Office must issue the plant variety protection certificate in the name of the United States. The certificate must show the Office’s seal, include the Secretary’s signature, and be entered into the Office’s records.
Full Legal Text
Title 7, §2482
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A certificate of plant variety protection shall be issued in the name of the United States of America under the seal of the Plant Variety Protection Office, and shall be signed by the Secretary or have the signature of the Secretary placed thereon, and shall be recorded in the Plant Variety Protection Office.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1994—Pub. L. 103–349 substituted “the signature of the Secretary” for “his signature”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1994 AmendmentAmendment 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.
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Citation
7 U.S.C. § 2482
Title 7 — Agriculture
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73