7 U.S.C. § 2423
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- (a)When two or more persons are the breeders, one person (or the successor of the person) may apply, naming the others.
- (b)The Secretary, after such notice as the Secretary may prescribe, may issue a certificate of plant variety protection to the applicant and such of the other breeders (or their successors in interest) as may have subsequently joined in the application.