Across
- 5. time limit, in years, for PVP and utility patents
- 6. legal instrument used to new inventions, more restrictive than other options
- 9. length of time, in years, that Federal Seed Act requires records to be kept
- 11. year of passage for Plant Variety Protection Act
- 13. truth-in-labeling law regulating the U.S. seed industry, name and year of passage
Down
- 1. _________ govt(s)., jurisdiction for laws specifiying minimum quality standards of U.S.-grown seed
- 2. U.S. govt. agency that administers utility patent system
- 3. length of time, in years, that Federal Seed Act requires seed samples to be kept
- 4. legal instrument used to protect new and distinct varieties of potatoes and seed-propagated plant species
- 7. legal instrument used to protect new and distinct varieties of asexually-propagated plant species
- 8. term for a farmer legally saving seed of PVP-protected varieties for his/her own use
- 10. year of Diamond v. Chakrabarty Supreme Court case
- 11. year of passage for Plant Patent Act
- 12. U.S. govt. agency that administers PVP system (abbr.)