Plant Variety Protection Act and Regulations and Rules of Practice

UNITED STATES PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION ACT
TITLE I – Plant Variety Protection Office
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Chapter 1: Organization and Publications
Section 1 Establishment...........................................................................................1
Section 2 Seal...........................................................................................................1
Section 3 Organization.............................................................................................1
Section 4 Restrictions on Employees
as to Interest in Plant Variety Protection .....................................................1
Section 6 Regulations ..............................................................................................1
Section 7 Plant Variety Protection Board ................................................................2
Section 8 Library......................................................................................................2
Section 9 Register of Protected Plant Varieties .......................................................2
Section 10 Publications............................................................................................2
Section 11 Copies for Public Libraries ....................................................................3
Chapter 2: Legal Provisions as to the Plant Variety Protection Office
Section 21 Day for Taking Action Falling on
Saturday, Sunday, or Holiday ......................................................................3
Section 22 Form of Papers Filed..............................................................................3
Section 23 Testimony in Plant Variety Protection Office Cases .............................3
Section 24 Subpoenas, Witnesses............................................................................4
Section 25 Effect of Defective Execution................................................................4
Section 26 Regulations for Practice Before the Office............................................4
Section 27 Unauthorized Practice............................................................................4
Chapter 3: Plant Variety Protection Fees
Section 31 Plant Variety Protection Fees.................................................................5
Section 32 Payment of Plant Variety Protection Fees;
Return of Excess Amounts...........................................................................5
TITLE II - Protectability of Plant Varieties and Certificates of Protection
CHAPTER 4: Protectability of Plant Varieties
Section 41 Definitions and Rules of Construction...................................................7
Section 42 Right to Plant Variety Protection;
Plant Varieties Protectable...........................................................................9
Section 43 Reciprocity Limits ...............................................................................10
Section 44 Public Interest in Wide Usage..............................................................10
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