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* Plant patents may be granted to anyone who invents or discovers and asexually reproduces any distinct and new variety of plant.  
 
* Plant patents may be granted to anyone who invents or discovers and asexually reproduces any distinct and new variety of plant.  
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== Patent Term ==
    
In the [[United States]], the term of a patent (filed after 1995) is 20 years from the earliest filing date.
 
In the [[United States]], the term of a patent (filed after 1995) is 20 years from the earliest filing date.
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For applications filed on or after June 8, 1995, utility and plant patents are granted for a term which begins with the date of the grant and usually ends 20 years from the date you first applied for the patent subject to the payment of appropriate maintenance fees. Design patents last 14 years from the date you are granted the patent. Note: Patents in force on June 8 and patents issued thereafter on applications filed prior to June 8, 1995 automatically have a term that is the greater of the twenty year term discussed above or seventeen years from the patent grant.
    
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