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type: "LegalText"
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title: "7 U.S.C. § 2423"
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description: "Joint breeders"
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title_number: 7
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title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
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chapter_number: "57"
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chapter_name: "PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION"
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section: "2423"
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citation: "7 U.S.C. § 2423"
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# 7 U.S.C. § 2423 - Joint breeders
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## Text
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(a) When two or more persons are the breeders, one person (or the successor of the person) may apply, naming the others.
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(b) The Secretary, after such notice as the Secretary may prescribe, may issue a certificate of plant variety protection to the applicant and such of the other breeders (or their successors in interest) as may have subsequently joined in the application.
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(Pub. L. 91–577, title II, § 53, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1548; Pub. L. 103–349, § 13(g), Oct. 6, 1994, 108 Stat. 3143.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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Amendments1994—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–349, § 13(g)(1), substituted “one person (or the successor of the person)” for “one (or his successor)”. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–349, § 13(g)(2), substituted “the Secretary” for “he” before “may”.
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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Effective Date of 1994 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 103–349 effective 180 days after Oct. 6, 1994, see section 15 of Pub. L. 103–349, set out as a note under section 2401 of this title.
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