7 USC § 2424 - Death or incapacity of breeder

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s2424"
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title: "7 USC § 2424 - Death or incapacity of breeder"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "2424"
section_name: "Death or incapacity of breeder"
chapter_number: 57
chapter_name: "PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "PROTECTABILITY OF PLANT VARIETIES AND CERTIFICATES OF PROTECTION"
part_number: "E"
part_name: "Applications; Form; Who May File; Relating Back; Confidentiality"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 91–577, title II, § 54, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1548; Pub. L. 103–349, § 13(h), Oct. 6, 1994, 108 Stat. 3143.)"
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# § 2424. Death or incapacity of breeder

Legal representatives of deceased breeders and of those under legal incapacity may make application for plant variety protection upon compliance with the requirements and on the same terms and conditions applicable to the breeder or the successor in interest of the breeder.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 91–577, title II, § 54, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1548; Pub. L. 103–349, § 13(h), Oct. 6, 1994, 108 Stat. 3143.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1994— substituted “the successor in interest of the breeder” for “his successor in interest”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

Amendment by  effective 180 days after , see , set out as a note under .