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[CITE: 7USC2441]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                  CHAPTER 57--PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION
 
  SUBCHAPTER II--PROTECTABILITY OF PLANT VARIETIES AND CERTIFICATES OF 
                               PROTECTION
 
          Part F--Examinations; Response Time; Initial Appeals
 
Sec. 2441. Examination of application

    The Secretary shall cause an examination to be made of the 
application and if on such examination it is determined that the 
applicant is entitled to plant variety protection under the law, the 
Secretary shall issue a notice of allowance of plant variety protection 
therefor as hereinafter provided.

(Pub. L. 91-577, title II, Sec. 61, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1549.)
