Plant Variety Protection Office, Supplemental Fees

The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is establishing supplemental fees for the Plant Variety Protection (PVP) Office covering a variety of administrative services that are not currently charged by the program. These include administrative service requests for: Replenishment of seed low in germination or seed number; submission of new application data after notice of allowance, but prior to certificate issuance; recording any revision, withdrawal, or revocation of an assignment; and protest to the issuance of a certificate. The allowance and issuance fee is increased also to recover the costs of enhancing the PVP program's electronic archiving capabilities. Also, technical amendments are made which revise or remove obsolete language.