35 USC 162
Description, claim

Executive summary:

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§162. Description, claim

No plant patent shall be declared invalid for noncompliance with section 112 of this title [35 USC 112] 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.