Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-102
§2424 Death or Incapacity of Breeder
Title 7 › CHAPTER 57 — PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION › SUBCHAPTER II — PROTECTABILITY OF PLANT VARIETIES AND CERTIFICATES OF PROTECTION › Part E — Applications; Form; Who May File; Relating Back; Confidentiality › § 2424
Summary
Allow legal representatives of deceased or incapacitated breeders to apply for plant variety protection under the same terms.
Full Legal Text
Title 7, §2424
Agriculture, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Legal representatives of deceased breeders and of those under legal incapacity may make application for plant variety protection upon compliance with the requirements and on the same terms and conditions applicable to the breeder or the successor in interest of the breeder.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1994—Pub. L. 103–349 substituted “the successor in interest of the breeder” for “his successor in interest”.
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.
Reference
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Citation
7 U.S.C. § 2424
Title 7, Agriculture
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102