Ownership and assignment

7 U.S. Code § 2531. Ownership and assignment

(a)
Subject to the provisions of this subchapter, plant variety protection shall have the attributes of personal property.
(b)
Applications for certificates of plant variety protection, or any interest in a variety, shall be assignable by an instrument in writing. The owner may in like manner license or grant and convey an exclusive right to use of the variety in the whole or any specified part of the United States.
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