35 U.S.C. 162: Description, claim
Taken from the Ninth Edition of the MPEP, Revision 10.2019, Last Revised in June 2020
35 U.S.C. 162 Description, claim.
No plant patent shall be declared invalid for noncompliance with section 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.
(Amended Sept. 16, 2011, Public Law 112-29, sec. 20(j) (effective Sept. 16, 2012), 125 Stat. 284.)