2011 US Code
Title 7 - Agriculture
Chapter 57 - PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION (§§ 2321 - 2583)
Subchapter II - PROTECTABILITY OF PLANT VARIETIES AND CERTIFICATES OF PROTECTION (§§ 2401 - 2504)
Part E - Applications; Form; Who May File; Relating Back; Confidentiality (§§ 2421 - 2427)
Section 2426 - Confidential status of application
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 7 - AGRICULTURE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 7 - AGRICULTURE CHAPTER 57 - PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION SUBCHAPTER II - PROTECTABILITY OF PLANT VARIETIES AND CERTIFICATES OF PROTECTION Part E - Applications; Form; Who May File; Relating Back; Confidentiality Sec. 2426 - Confidential status of application |
| Contains | section 2426 |
| Date | 2011 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 91-577, title II, §56, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1549; Pub. L. 96-574, §12, Dec. 22, 1980, 94 Stat. 3350. |
| Statutes at Large References | 84 Stat. 1549 94 Stat. 3350 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 91-577, Public Law 96-574 |
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Applications for plant variety protection and their contents shall be kept in confidence by the Plant Variety Protection Office, by the Board, and by the offices in the Department of Agriculture to which access may be given under regulations. No information concerning the same shall be given without the authority of the owner, unless necessary under special circumstances as may be determined by the Secretary, except that the Secretary may publish the variety names designated in applications, stating the kind to which each applies, the name of the applicant, and whether the applicant specified that the variety is to be sold by variety name only as a class of certified seed.
(Pub. L. 91–577, title II, §56, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1549; Pub. L. 96–574, §12, Dec. 22, 1980, 94 Stat. 3350.)
Amendments1980—Pub. L. 96–574 inserted provisions relating to name of applicant and sale of the variety.
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