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[CITE: 7USC2462]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                  CHAPTER 57--PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION
 
  SUBCHAPTER II--PROTECTABILITY OF PLANT VARIETIES AND CERTIFICATES OF 
                               PROTECTION
 
               Part G--Appeals to Courts and Other Review
 
Sec. 2462. Civil action against Secretary

    An applicant dissatisfied with a decision under section 2443 or 2501 
of this title, may, as an alternative to appeal, have remedy by civil 
action against the Secretary in the United States District Court for the 
District of Columbia. Such action shall be commenced within sixty days 
after such decision or within such further time as the Secretary allows. 
The court may, in the case of review of a decision by the Secretary 
refusing plant variety protection, adjudge that such applicant is 
entitled to receive a certificate of plant variety protection for the 
variety as specified in the application as the facts of the case may 
appear, on compliance with the requirements of this chapter.

(Pub. L. 91-577, title II, Sec. 72, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1550; Pub. 
L. 103-349, Sec. 13(k), Oct. 6, 1994, 108 Stat. 3143.)


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-349, which directed that the second sentence be 
amended by substituting ``the variety as specified in the application'' 
for ``his variety as specified in his application'', was executed by 
making the substitution in the third sentence, to reflect the probable 
intent of Congress.


                    Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 103-349 effective 180 days after Oct. 6, 1994, 
see section 15 of Pub. L. 103-349, set out as a note under section 2401 
of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 2404 of this title.
