Plant Patent Act
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The Plant Patent Act of 1930 is a United States federal law spurred by the work of Luther Burbank. This piece of legislation made it possible to patent new varieties of plants (excluding sexual and tuber-propagated plants (see PVPA). In supporting the legislation, Thomas Edison testified before Congress in support of the legislation and said,
- "This [bill] will, I feel sure, give us many Burbanks."
Plant patents #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #18, #41, #65, #66, #235, #266, #267, #269, #290, #291, and #1041 were issued to Burbank posthumously.
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