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The Plant Patent Act of 1930 -LRB- enacted on 1930-06-17 as Title III of the Smoot -- Hawley Tariff , ch .. 497 , , codified as 35 U.S.C. Ch .. Title 35 of the United States Code. 15 -RRB- is a United States federal law spurred by the work of Luther Burbank .. United States federal law. United States federal law. Luther Burbank. Luther Burbank. This piece of legislation made it possible to patent new varieties of plants , excluding sexual and tuber-propagated plants -LRB- see Plant Variety Protection Act of 1970 -RRB- .. patent. patent. tuber. tuber. Plant Variety Protection Act of 1970. Plant Variety Protection Act of 1970. In supporting the legislation , Thomas Edison testified before Congress in support of the legislation and said ,. Thomas Edison. Thomas Edison. Congress. United States Congress. `` This -LSB- bill -RSB- will , I feel sure , give us many Burbanks . ''. Plant patents PP12 , PP13 , PP14 , PP15 , PP16 , PP18 , PP41 , PP65 , PP66 , PP235 , PP266 , PP267 , PP269 , PP290 , PP291 and PP1041 were issued to Burbank posthumously .. Category  :1930 in law. Category  : United States federal patent legislation. patent. patent. Category  : Biotechnology law