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PUBLIC LAW 91-577-DEC. 24, 1970
[84 STAT.
however. That this expiration shall not occur unless notice is mailed to the last owner recorded as provided in section 101(d) and he fails, within the time allowed thereafter, not less than three months, to comply with said regulations, paying an additional fee to be prescribed by the Secretary. Sec. 84. Certificate of Correction of Plant Variety Protection Office Mistake. Whenever a mistake in a certificate of plant variety protection, incurred through the fault of the Plant Variety Protection Office, is clearly disclosed by the records of the Office, the Secretary may issue a certificate of correction stating the fact and nature of such mistake, under seal, without charge, to be recorded in the records of plant variety protection. A copy thereof shall be attached to each copy of the published specifications or certificate of plant variety protection and such certificate of correction shall be considered as part of the original certificate of plant variety protection. Every such certificate of plant variety protection shall have the same effect as if the same had been originally issued in such corrected form. The Secretary may issue a corrected certificate of plant variety protection without charge in lieu of and with like effect as a certificate of correction. Sec. 85. Certificate of Correction of Applicant's Mistake. Whenever a mistake of a clerical or typographical nature, or of minor character, or in the description of the variety, which was not the fault of the Plant Variety Protection Office, appears in a certificate of plant variety protection and a showing has been made that such mistake occurred in good faith, the Secretary may, upon payment of the required fee, issue a certificate of correction in the manner and with attachment of copies as in section 84, if the correction unquestionably could have been made before the certificate issued. Such certificate of plant variety protection shall have the same effect and operation in law on the trial of actions for causes thereafter arising as if the same had been originally issued in such corrected form. Sec. 86. Correction of Named Breeder. An error as to the naming of a breeder in the application, without deceptive intent, shall not affect validity of plant variety protection and may be corrected at any time by the Secretary in accordance with regulations established by him or upon order of a federal court before which the matter is called in question. Upon such correction the Secretary shall issue a certificate accordingly. Such correction shall not deprive any person of any rights he otherwise would have had. Chapter 9 ^ R E E X A M I N A T I 0 N AFTER ISSUE, AND CONT E S T E D PROCEEDINGS Sec. 91. Rexamination After Issue. (a) Any person may, within five years after the issuance of a certificate of plant variety protection, notify the Secretary in writing of facts which may have a bearing on the protectability of the variety, and the Secretary may cause such plant variety protection to be reexamined in the light thereof. (b) Rexamination of plant variety protection under this section and appeals shall be pursuant to the same procedures and with the same rights as for original examinations. Abandonment of the procedure while subject to a ruling against the retention of the certificate shall result in cancellation of the plant variety certificate thereon and notice
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