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Raw OLRC USLM XML zips @ release 119-100 (retrieved 2026-07-04 via Atlas depot), ingested with the standard pipeline: raw snapshot -> per-section OKF markdown -> manifest + checksums. Title 52 untouched. LegalText: 171 -> 11,221. Titles 12-54 await a clean OLRC retry. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "LegalText"
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title: "7 U.S.C. § 2542"
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description: "Grandfather clause"
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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: "2542"
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# 7 U.S.C. § 2542 - Grandfather clause
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## Text
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Nothing in this chapter shall abridge the right of any person, or the successor in interest of the person, to reproduce or sell a variety developed and produced by such person more than one year prior to the effective filing date of an adverse application for a certificate of plant variety protection.
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(Pub. L. 91–577, title III, § 112, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1555; Pub. L. 103–349, § 13(r), Oct. 6, 1994, 108 Stat. 3144.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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Amendments1994—Pub. L. 103–349 substituted “the successor in interest of the person” for “his successor in interest”.
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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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