Chapter 15 – Plant patents
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Chapter 15 – Plant patents is the section of U.S. patent law that governs the granting and protection of patents for new and distinct plant varieties.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Chapter 15 – Plant patents canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1844449 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chapter 15 – Plant patents Context triple: [Title 35 of the United States Code, contains, Chapter 15 – Plant patents]
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A.
Variation and Evolution in Plants
Variation and Evolution in Plants is a foundational botanical work by G. Ledyard Stebbins that integrated genetics, evolution, and plant biology, helping to solidify the modern evolutionary synthesis.
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B.
Experiments on Plant Hybridization
Experiments on Plant Hybridization is Gregor Mendel’s foundational 1866 paper that established the basic laws of inheritance through systematic pea plant breeding studies.
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C.
Plant Protection Act
The Plant Protection Act is a U.S. federal law that provides the primary legal framework for preventing, detecting, and controlling the introduction and spread of plant pests and noxious weeds to protect agriculture and the environment.
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D.
The Loves of the Plants
The Loves of the Plants is a didactic poem by Erasmus Darwin that personifies plant reproduction to popularize contemporary botanical science.
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E.
The Horticulturist
The Horticulturist was a 19th-century American periodical focused on gardening, landscape design, and rural architecture, closely associated with the work of Andrew Jackson Downing.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chapter 15 – Plant patents Target entity description: Chapter 15 – Plant patents is the section of U.S. patent law that governs the granting and protection of patents for new and distinct plant varieties.
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A.
Variation and Evolution in Plants
Variation and Evolution in Plants is a foundational botanical work by G. Ledyard Stebbins that integrated genetics, evolution, and plant biology, helping to solidify the modern evolutionary synthesis.
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B.
Experiments on Plant Hybridization
Experiments on Plant Hybridization is Gregor Mendel’s foundational 1866 paper that established the basic laws of inheritance through systematic pea plant breeding studies.
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C.
Plant Protection Act
The Plant Protection Act is a U.S. federal law that provides the primary legal framework for preventing, detecting, and controlling the introduction and spread of plant pests and noxious weeds to protect agriculture and the environment.
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D.
The Loves of the Plants
The Loves of the Plants is a didactic poem by Erasmus Darwin that personifies plant reproduction to popularize contemporary botanical science.
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E.
The Horticulturist
The Horticulturist was a 19th-century American periodical focused on gardening, landscape design, and rural architecture, closely associated with the work of Andrew Jackson Downing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chapter of United States patent law
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legal provision ⓘ |
| administeredBy | United States Patent and Trademark Office ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
asexually reproduced plant varieties
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cultivated sports ⓘ distinct plant varieties ⓘ hybrids of plants ⓘ mutants of existing plants ⓘ new plant varieties ⓘ newly found seedlings in cultivated areas ⓘ |
| basedOn | constitutional power of the U.S. Congress to promote progress of science and useful arts ⓘ |
| codifiedIn | United States Code ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| excludes |
plants found in an uncultivated state
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tuber-propagated plants ⓘ |
| field |
agricultural innovation
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horticultural innovation ⓘ |
| governs | plant patents ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| language | English ⓘ |
| legalEffect | grants exclusive rights to the patent holder ⓘ |
| legalSystem | United States federal law ⓘ |
| partOf | Title 35 of the United States Code ⓘ |
| protects |
asexually reproduced plant varieties
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inventors of new plant varieties ⓘ |
| purpose |
to encourage development of new plant varieties
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to provide legal protection for plant breeders ⓘ |
| regulates |
granting of plant patents
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protection of plant patents ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
design patents
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utility patents ⓘ |
| requires |
evidence of asexual reproduction of the plant
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plant to be asexually reproduced ⓘ plant to be distinct ⓘ plant to be invented or discovered ⓘ plant to be new ⓘ sufficient description of the plant variety in the patent application ⓘ |
| shortTitle | Plant patents ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
intellectual property
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patent law ⓘ |
| typeOfPatent | non-utility patent category in U.S. law ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Chapter 15 – Plant patents Description of subject: Chapter 15 – Plant patents is the section of U.S. patent law that governs the granting and protection of patents for new and distinct plant varieties.
Referenced by (1)
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