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 H - Certificates of Plant Variety Protection (§§ 2481 - 2486)
Section 2481 - Plant variety protection
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 H - Certificates of Plant Variety Protection Sec. 2481 - Plant variety protection |
| Contains | section 2481 |
| Date | 2011 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 91-577, title II, §81, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1551. |
| Statutes at Large References | 84 Stat. 1551 108 Stat. 3139 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 91-577, Public Law 103-349 |
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(a) If it appears that a certificate of plant variety protection should be issued on an application, a written notice of allowance shall be given or mailed to the owner. The notice shall specify the sum, constituting the issue fee, which shall be paid within one month thereafter.
(b) Upon timely payment of this sum, and provided that deposit of seed has been made in accordance with section 2422(3) 1 of this title, the certificate of plant variety protection shall issue.
(c) If any payment required by this section is not timely made, but is submitted with an additional fee prescribed by the Secretary within nine months after the due date or within such further time as the Secretary may allow, it shall be accepted.
(Pub. L. 91–577, title II, §81, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1551.)
References in TextSection 2422(3) of this title, referred to in subsec. (b), was redesignated section 2422(4) of this title by Pub. L. 103–349, §4, Oct. 6, 1994, 108 Stat. 3139.
1 See References in Text note below.
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