§ 162. — Description, claim.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 35USC162]
TITLE 35--PATENTS
PART II--PATENTABILITY OF INVENTIONS AND GRANT OF PATENTS
CHAPTER 15--PLANT PATENTS
Sec. 162. Description, claim
No plant patent shall be declared invalid for noncompliance with
section 112 of this title if the description is as complete as is
reasonably possible.
The claim in the specification shall be in formal terms to the plant
shown and described.
(July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 804.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on Title 35, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 33, part (R.S. 4888,
amended (1) Mar. 3, 1915, ch. 94, Sec. 1, 38 Stat. 958, (2) May 23,
1930, ch. 312, Sec. 2, 46 Stat. 376).
The first paragraph is the provision in R.S. 4888 (see section 112).
The second paragraph is not in the statute but represents the actual
practice.
