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[CITE: 7USC2421]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                  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
 
Sec. 2421. Application for recognition of plant variety rights

    (a) An application for a certificate of Plant Variety Protection may 
be filed by the owner of the variety sought to be protected. The 
application shall be made in writing to the Secretary, shall be signed 
by or on behalf of the applicant, and shall be accompanied by the 
prescribed fee.
    (b) An error as to the naming of the breeder, without deceptive 
intent, may be corrected at any time, in accordance with regulations 
established by the Secretary.

(Pub. L. 91-577, title II, Sec. 51, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1548.)
