7 USC § 2484 - Correction of Plant Variety Protection Office mistake

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s2484"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "7 USC § 2484 - Correction of Plant Variety Protection Office mistake"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "2484"
section_name: "Correction of Plant Variety Protection Office mistake"
chapter_number: 57
chapter_name: "PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "PROTECTABILITY OF PLANT VARIETIES AND CERTIFICATES OF PROTECTION"
part_number: "H"
part_name: "Certificates of Plant Variety Protection"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 91–577, title II, § 84, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1552; Pub. L. 96–574, § 15, Dec. 22, 1980, 94 Stat. 3350.)"
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# § 2484. Correction of Plant Variety Protection Office mistake

Whenever a mistake in a certificate of plant variety protection incurred through the fault of the Plant Variety Protection Office is clearly disclosed by the records of the Office, the Secretary may issue, without charge, a corrected certificate of plant variety protection, stating the fact and nature of such mistake. Such certificate of plant variety protection shall have the same effect and operation in law as if the same had been originally issued in such corrected form.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 91–577, title II, § 84, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1552; Pub. L. 96–574, § 15, Dec. 22, 1980, 94 Stat. 3350.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1980— substituted provisions relating to correction of Plant Variety Protection Office mistake for provisions relating to certificate of correction of Plant Variety Protection Office mistake.