7 USC § 2427 - Publication

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s2427"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "7 USC § 2427 - Publication"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "2427"
section_name: "Publication"
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"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 91–577, title II, § 57, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1549; Pub. L. 96–574, § 13, Dec. 22, 1980, 94 Stat. 3350.)"
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# § 2427. Publication

The Secretary may establish regulations for the publication of information regarding any pending application when publication is requested by the owner.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 91–577, title II, § 57, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1549; Pub. L. 96–574, § 13, Dec. 22, 1980, 94 Stat. 3350.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1980— inserted “information regarding” after “publication of”.