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[CITE: 7USC2486]

 
                          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. 2486. Correction of named breeder

    An error as to the naming of a breeder in the application, without 
deceptive intent, shall not affect validity of plant variety protection 
and may be corrected at any time by the Secretary in accordance with 
regulations established by the Secretary or upon order of a federal 
court before which the matter is called in question. Upon such 
correction the Secretary shall issue a certificate accordingly. Such 
correction shall not deprive any person of any rights the person 
otherwise would have had.

(Pub. L. 91-577, title II, Sec. 86, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1552; Pub. 
L. 103-349, Sec. 13(n), Oct. 6, 1994, 108 Stat. 3143.)


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-349 substituted ``the Secretary'' for ``him'' in 
first sentence and ``the person'' for ``he'' in third sentence.


                    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.
