7 USC § 2321 - Establishment

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title: "7 USC § 2321 - Establishment"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "2321"
section_name: "Establishment"
chapter_number: 57
chapter_name: "PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION OFFICE"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "Organization and Publications"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 91–577, title I, § 1, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1542; Pub. L. 96–574, § 1, Dec. 22, 1980, 94 Stat. 3350.)"
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# § 2321. Establishment

There is hereby established in the Department of Agriculture an office to be known as the Plant Variety Protection Office, which shall have the functions set forth in this chapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 91–577, title I, § 1, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1542; Pub. L. 96–574, § 1, Dec. 22, 1980, 94 Stat. 3350.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1980— substituted “an office” for “a bureau”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

> “This Act [this chapter] shall take effect upon enactment [
> 
> ]. Applications may be filed with the Secretary and held by him until the Office of Plant Variety Protection is organized and in operation”.

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### Short Title of 1994 Amendment

> “This Act [amending sections 2327, 2330, 2353, 2354, 2357, 2401, 2402, 2404, 2422, 2423, 2424, 2425, 2442, 2461, 2462, 2463, 2482, 2483, 2486, 2501, 2504, 2532, 2541, 2542, 2543, 2561, 2566, 2567, 2568, and 2570 of this title, repealing sections 2463, 2502 and 2503 of this title, and enacting provisions set out as notes under
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> ] may be cited as the ‘Plant Variety Protection Act Amendments of 1994’.”

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### Short Title of 1992 Amendment

> “This Act [enacting
> 
> and
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> , Patents, amending
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> and
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> , and enacting provisions set out as a note under
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> ] may be cited as the ‘Patent and Plant Variety Protection Remedy Clarification Act’.”

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### Short Title

> “This Act [enacting this chapter,
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> , and sections 1545 and 2353 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, amending
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> and sections 1338 and 1498 of Title 28, and enacting provisions set out as notes under this section] may be cited as the ‘Plant Variety Protection Act’.”

, , , provided that: