Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-102
§2484 Correction of Plant Variety Protection Office Mistake
Title 7 › CHAPTER 57 — PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION › SUBCHAPTER II — PROTECTABILITY OF PLANT VARIETIES AND CERTIFICATES OF PROTECTION › Part H — Certificates of Plant Variety Protection › § 2484
Summary
If the Plant Variety Protection Office's records clearly show it made an error on a plant variety protection certificate, the Secretary can issue a corrected certificate for free that explains the mistake. The corrected certificate counts the same, legally, as if it had been issued that way from the start.
Full Legal Text
Title 7, §2484
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Whenever a mistake in a certificate of plant variety protection incurred through the fault of the Plant Variety Protection Office is clearly disclosed by the records of the Office, the Secretary may issue, without charge, a corrected certificate of plant variety protection, stating the fact and nature of such mistake. Such certificate of plant variety protection shall have the same effect and operation in law as if the same had been originally issued in such corrected form.
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Amendments
1980—Pub. L. 96–574 substituted provisions relating to correction of Plant Variety Protection Office mistake for provisions relating to certificate of correction of Plant Variety Protection Office mistake.
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Citation
7 U.S.C. § 2484
Title 7, Agriculture
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102