2021 US Code
Title 35 - Patents
Part II - Patentability of Inventions and Grant of Patents
Chapter 15 - Plant Patents
Sec. 161 - Patents for plants
| 35 U.S.C. § 161 (2021) |
| §161. Patents for plants |
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Whoever invents or discovers and asexually reproduces any distinct and new variety of plant, including cultivated sports, mutants, hybrids, and newly found seedlings, other than a tuber propagated plant or a plant found in an uncultivated state, may obtain a patent therefor, subject to the conditions and requirements of this title. The provisions of this title relating to patents for inventions shall apply to patents for plants, except as otherwise provided. |
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(July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 804; Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1259, 68 Stat. 1190.) |
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HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on Title 35, U.S.C., 1946 ed., §31, part (R.S. 4886, amended (1) Mar. 3, 1897, ch. 391, §1, 29 Stat. 692, (2) May 23, 1930, ch. 312, §1, 46 Stat. 376, (3) Aug. 5, 1939, ch. 450, §1, 53 Stat. 1212). The provision relating to plants in the corresponding section of existing statute is made a separate section. EDITORIAL NOTES AMENDMENTS 1954—Act Sept. 3, 1954, provided that plant seedlings, discovered, propagated asexually, and proved to have new characteristics distinct from other known plants are patentable. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 35 - PATENTS |
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| Title 35 - PATENTS PART II - PATENTABILITY OF INVENTIONS AND GRANT OF PATENTS CHAPTER 15 - PLANT PATENTS Sec. 161 - Patents for plants |
| section 161 |
| 2021 |
| January 3, 2022 |
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| 29 Stat. 692 46 Stat. 376 53 Stat. 1212 66 Stat. 804 68 Stat. 1190 |
