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(As of year 2005). Answer: 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 the applications were filed. You must make the timely payment of the appropriate maintenance fees. Design patents last 14 years from the date you are granted the patent. No maintenance fees are required for design patents.
It will help prospective plant patent applicants to: 1  Identify what types of plants are patentable under the provisions of 35 U.S.C. 161. 2  Present the legal requirements for attaining a plant patent in terms which can be understood by attorneys, plant breeders, growers and gardeners. Identify what types of plants are patentable under the provisions of 35 U.S.C. 161. 2  Present the legal requirements for attaining a plant patent in terms which can be understood by attorneys, plant breeders, growers and gardeners. 3  Present the formal requirements of an application for plant patents.