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§2481 Plant Variety Protection

Title 7 › Chapter 57— PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION › Subchapter II— PROTECTABILITY OF PLANT VARIETIES AND CERTIFICATES OF PROTECTION › Part H— Certificates of Plant Variety Protection › § 2481

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

When the agency decides to grant a plant variety protection certificate, it must send the owner a written notice saying the certificate will be allowed and stating the amount of the issue fee. The owner must pay that fee within one month. Once the fee is paid on time and the seed deposit required under section 2422(3) has been made, the certificate will be issued. If the fee is late but paid within nine months after the due date with an extra charge set by the Secretary, or within any longer time the Secretary allows, the payment will be accepted.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §2481

Agriculture — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(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.

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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 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60