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[CITE: 7USC2482]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                  CHAPTER 57--PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION
 
  SUBCHAPTER II--PROTECTABILITY OF PLANT VARIETIES AND CERTIFICATES OF 
                               PROTECTION
 
            Part H--Certificates of Plant Variety Protection
 
Sec. 2482. How issued

    A certificate of plant variety protection shall be issued in the 
name of the United States of America under the seal of the Plant Variety 
Protection Office, and shall be signed by the Secretary or have the 
signature of the Secretary placed thereon, and shall be recorded in the 
Plant Variety Protection Office.

(Pub. L. 91-577, title II, Sec. 82, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1551; Pub. 
L. 103-349, Sec. 13(l), Oct. 6, 1994, 108 Stat. 3143.)


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-349 substituted ``the signature of the Secretary'' 
for ``his signature''.


                    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.
