Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009.
Plant Patent Act of 1930 — The Plant Patent Act of 1930 (enacted on 1930 06 17 as Title III of the Hawley Smoot Tariff, ch. 497, USStat|46|703) is a United States federal law spurred by the work of Luther Burbank. This piece of legislation made it possible to patent new… … Wikipedia
plant patent — noun Etymology: plant (II) : a patent granted to one who produces a new and distinctive plant by breeding or selection and propagates it asexually … Useful english dictionary
plant patent — A patent issued for a strain of cultivated asexually reproducing plants. Such patents last for 17 years from the date the patent is issued … Business law dictionary
Plant breeders' rights — (PBR), also known as plant variety rights (PVR), are intellectual property rights granted to the breeder of a new variety of plant (or to another person or entity that can claim title in the new plant variety by, for example, agreement with the… … Wikipedia
patent — pat·ent 1 / pat ənt3 also pāt / adj [Anglo French, from Latin patent patens, from present participle of patēre to be open] 1 a: open to public inspection see also letters patent at letter 2 … Law dictionary
patent of invention — patent (of invention) n. The granting of a right or authority by the federal government; the document granting that right or authority; an exclusive right to make, use, or sell an invention granted to the inventor of a unique device or process… … Law dictionary
Plant breeding — is the art and science of changing the genetics of plants in order to produce desired characteristics.[1] Plant breeding can be accomplished through many different techniques ranging from simply selecting plants with desirable characteristics for … Wikipedia
patent — 1. adj /peytant/ Open; manifest; evident; unsealed. Used in this sense in such phrases as patent ambiguity, patent writ, letters patent. noun /pabtsnt/ A grant of some privilege, property, or authority, made by the government or sovereign of a… … Black's law dictionary
Plant Variety Protection Act — The Plant Variety Protection Act of 1970 (PVPA), 7 U.S.C. §§ 2321 2582, is an intellectual property statute in the United States. The PVPA gives breeders up to 25 years of exclusive control over new, distinct, uniform, and stable sexually… … Wikipedia
Patent (disambiguation) — A patent is an intellectual property right covering an invention. Patent can also refer to the following:Types of patents*Utility patent for inventions that do something useful such as apparatus, methods, processes, and new chemicals, plants,… … Wikipedia
