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[CITE: 35USC164]

 
                            TITLE 35--PATENTS
 
        PART II--PATENTABILITY OF INVENTIONS AND GRANT OF PATENTS
 
                        CHAPTER 15--PLANT PATENTS
 
Sec. 164. Assistance of Department of Agriculture

    The President may by Executive order direct the Secretary of 
Agriculture, in accordance with the requests of the Director, for the 
purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this title with 
respect to plants (1) to furnish available information of the Department 
of Agriculture, (2) to conduct through the appropriate bureau or 
division of the Department research upon special problems, or (3) to 
detail to the Director officers and employees of the Department.

(July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 804; Pub. L. 106-113, div. B, 
Sec. 1000(a)(9) [title IV, Sec. 4732(a)(10)(A)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 
Stat. 1536, 1501A-582.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on Title 35, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 56a (May 23, 1930, ch. 
312, Sec. 4, 46 Stat. 376).
    Language is changed.


                               Amendments

    1999--Pub. L. 106-113 substituted ``Director'' for ``Commissioner'' 
in two places.


                    Effective Date of 1999 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 106-113 effective 4 months after Nov. 29, 1999, 
see section 1000(a)(9) [title IV, Sec. 4731] of Pub. L. 106-113, set out 
as a note under section 1 of this title.

                          Transfer of Functions

    For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies 
of Department of Agriculture, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of 
Agriculture, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1953, 
Sec. 1, eff. June 4, 1953, 18 F.R. 3219, 67 Stat. 633, set out in the 
Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
