Chapter 1600

Question 1

Title of Chatper

Answer 1

Plant Patents

Question 2

basic stuff

Answer 2

• 35 USC 161
• asexually propagated plants –> reproduced by means other than from seeds, ie by rooting cutlings, by layering, budding, grafting or inarching
• Beineke
• all plants except (list )

Question 3

UPOV Convention

Answer 3

• naming convention
• requires that the proposed variety name must be different from other names used in the U.S. or other UPOV member countries for the same or closely related species
• the proposed name must not mislead the consumer of the characteristics, value or identity of the patented plant
• the name proposed in one UPOV country must be the same as the name registered in another UPOV member country