{"data":{"id":"us/35-u.s.c.-161","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"35 U.S.C. § 161","heading":"Patents for plants","body":"Whoever invents or discovers and asexually reproduces any distinct and new variety of plant, including cultivated sports, mutants, hybrids, and newly found seedlings, other than a tuber propagated plant or a plant found in an uncultivated state, may obtain a patent therefor, subject to the conditions and requirements of this title. The provisions of this title relating to patents for inventions shall apply to patents for plants, except as otherwise provided.","path":["Title 35—PATENTS","CHAPTER 15—PLANT PATENTS"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc35@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:59:18Z","sha256":"7b55b95d21d2422b8edbe336050e6ea4ba05583ae58dbfffabe5e86f194f4f3f","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/35-u.s.c.-157","next":"us/35-u.s.c.-162"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}