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[CITE: 7USC2443]

 
                          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. 2443. Initial appeal

    When an application for plant variety protection has been refused by 
the Plant Variety Protection Office, the applicant may appeal to the 
Secretary. The Secretary shall seek the advice of the Plant Variety 
Protection Board on all appeals, before deciding the appeal.

(Pub. L. 91-577, title II, Sec. 63, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1550.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 2461, 2462 of this title.
