7 USC § 2461 - Appeals

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s2461"
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title: "7 USC § 2461 - Appeals"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "2461"
section_name: "Appeals"
chapter_number: 57
chapter_name: "PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "PROTECTABILITY OF PLANT VARIETIES AND CERTIFICATES OF PROTECTION"
part_number: "G"
part_name: "Appeals to Courts and Other Review"
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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, § 71, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1550; Pub. L. 97–164, title I, § 145, Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 45; Pub. L. 103–349, § 8(d)(1), Oct. 6, 1994, 108 Stat. 3141.)"
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# § 2461. Appeals

From the decisions made under sections 2404, 2443, 2501, and 2568 of this title appeal may, within sixty days or such further times as the Secretary allows, be taken under the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit shall have jurisdiction of any such appeal.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 91–577, title II, § 71, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1550; Pub. L. 97–164, title I, § 145, Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 45; Pub. L. 103–349, § 8(d)(1), Oct. 6, 1994, 108 Stat. 3141.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1994— struck out “2502,” after “2501,”.

1982— substituted “The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit shall have jurisdiction of any such appeal” for “The Court of Customs and Patent Appeals and United States Courts of Appeals shall have jurisdiction, with venue in the case of the latter as stated in ”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

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

### Effective Date of 1982 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see , set out as a note under , Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.