37 C.F.R. § 1.164

Claim

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The claim shall be in formal terms to the new and distinct variety of the specified plant as described and illustrated, and may also recite the principal distinguishing characteristics. More than one claim is not permitted.

(35 U.S.C. 162)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1958–1996 · leading case: Imazio Nursery, Inc. v. Dania Greenhouses, & Coastal Nursery, Jess Rodrigues, & Donna Rodrigues, 69 F.3d 1560 (Fed. Cir. 1996).
Imazio Nursery, Inc. v. Dania Greenhouses, & Coastal Nursery, Jess Rodrigues, & Donna Rodrigues, 69 F.3d 1560 (Fed. Cir. 1996). “37 C.F.R. § 1.164 ; Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) § 1605 (Rev.”
Kim Bros. v. Hagler, 167 F. Supp. 665 (S.D. Cal. 1958). “Appendix, rule 164; 37 C.F. R. § 1.164. There is also the requirement that plant patent drawings be “artistically and competently executed”; the drawing may be in color “when color is a distinguishing characteristic of the new variety.”
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