7 U.S.C. § 2330 — Publications
submitted 56 years ago by Pub. L. 91-577 to r/title-7-AGRICULTURE · 187 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary may publish protected-variety descriptions, the Office’s journal, laws, rules, and related materials. The Secretary may provide public record-search facilities, share public information, and exchange publications.
(a) The Secretary may publish or arrange to publish in a suitable format (1) descriptions, drawings, and photographs of protected plant varieties; (2) the Office’s Official Journal and annual indexes; and (3) pamphlets of plant-variety-protection laws, practice rules, circulars, and other Office publications. (b) The Secretary may (1) establish public facilities for searching protection records and materials and (2) periodically disseminate available technological and other public information through an information service to encourage innovation and advance plant breeding. (c) The Secretary may exchange these publications for useful publications and exchange United States protected-variety descriptions, drawings, and photographs for those of foreign applications and protected varieties.
The Secretary may publish, or cause to be published, in such format as the Secretary shall determine to be suitable, the following:
The descriptions of plant varieties protected including drawings and photographs.
The Official Journal of the Plant Variety Protection Office, including annual indices.
Pamphlet copies of the plant variety protection laws and rules of practice and circulars or other publications relating to the business of the Office.
The Secretary may (1) establish public facilities for the searching of plant variety protection records and materials, and (2) from time to time, as through an information service, disseminate to the public those portions of the technological and other public information available to or within the Plant Variety Protection Office to encourage innovation and promote the progress of plant breeding.
The Secretary may exchange any of the publications specified for publications desirable for the use of the Plant Variety Protection Office. The Secretary may exchange copies of descriptions, drawings, and photographs of United States protected plant varieties for copies of descriptions, drawings, and photographs of applications and protected plant varieties of foreign countries.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 91–577, title I, § 10, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1543; Pub. L. 96–574, §§ 5–8, Dec. 22, 1980, 94 Stat. 3350; Pub. L. 103–349, § 13(b), Oct. 6, 1994, 108 Stat. 3143.)
- 1970Enacted · Pub. L. 91-577 · 84 Stat. 1543
- 1980Amended · Pub. L. 96-574 · 94 Stat. 3350
- 1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-349 · 108 Stat. 3143
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 91-577 on 1970-12-24.
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