7 USC § 2486 - Correction of named breeder

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s2486"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "7 USC § 2486 - Correction of named breeder"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "2486"
section_name: "Correction of named breeder"
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, § 86, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1552; Pub. L. 103–349, § 13(n), Oct. 6, 1994, 108 Stat. 3143.)"
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# § 2486. Correction of named breeder

An error as to the naming of a breeder in the application, without deceptive intent, shall not affect validity of plant variety protection and may be corrected at any time by the Secretary in accordance with regulations established by the Secretary or upon order of a federal court before which the matter is called in question. Upon such correction the Secretary shall issue a certificate accordingly. Such correction shall not deprive any person of any rights the person otherwise would have had.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 91–577, title II, § 86, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1552; Pub. L. 103–349, § 13(n), Oct. 6, 1994, 108 Stat. 3143.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1994— substituted “the Secretary” for “him” in first sentence and “the person” for “he” in third sentence.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

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