Plant Patent Act of 1930


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. In supporting the legislation, Thomas Edison testified before Congress in support of the legislation and said,
Plant patents , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and were issued to Burbank posthumously.