2021 US Code
Title 35 - Patents
Part II - Patentability of Inventions and Grant of Patents
Chapter 15 - Plant Patents
Sec. 162 - Description, claim
| 35 U.S.C. § 162 (2021) |
| §162. Description, claim |
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No plant patent shall be declared invalid for noncompliance with section 112 if the description is as complete as is reasonably possible. The claim in the specification shall be in formal terms to the plant shown and described. |
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(July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 804; Pub. L. 112–29, §20(j), Sept. 16, 2011, 125 Stat. 335.) |
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HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on Title 35, U.S.C., 1946 ed., §33, part (R.S. 4888, amended (1) Mar. 3, 1915, ch. 94, §1, 38 Stat. 958, (2) May 23, 1930, ch. 312, §2, 46 Stat. 376). The first paragraph is the provision in R.S. 4888 (see section 112). The second paragraph is not in the statute but represents the actual practice. EDITORIAL NOTES AMENDMENTS 2011—Pub. L. 112–29 struck out "of this title" after "112". STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2011 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 112–29 effective upon the expiration of the 1-year period beginning on Sept. 16, 2011, and applicable to proceedings commenced on or after that effective date, see section 20(l) of Pub. L. 112–29, set out as a note under section 2 of this title. |
| 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. 162 - Description, claim |
| section 162 |
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| January 3, 2022 |
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| 38 Stat. 958 46 Stat. 376 66 Stat. 804 125 Stat. 335 |
| Public Law 112-29 |
