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Plant Variety Protection (PVP) is a form of intellectual
property protection administered through the United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA) for new varieties of plants. PVP
certificates (PVPs), which have been available in the U.S. since
the enactment of the Plant Variety Protection Act of 1970 (PVPA; 7
U.S.C. §§ 2321-2582), have historically been associated
with traditional breeding. However, there are actually numerous
granted PVPs covering transgenic plant varieties, and the USDA is
now also granting PVPs to gene edited plants. This article
describes a recently granted PVP for a gene edited plant,
contextualizing this example PVP in the broader landscape of PVP
certificates that are directed to plant varieties created using
modern biotechnology.
