What types of plants are eligible for plant patent protection?
Plant patent protection is available for “any distinct and new variety of plant, including cultivated sports, mutants, hybrids, and newly found seedlings, other than a tuber propagated plant or a plant found in an uncultivated state” that has been asexually reproduced. This is according to 35 U.S.C. 161. It’s important to note that: The plant…
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