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Washington, DC
July 16, 2003
The U.S. Department of Agriculture
has issued certificates of protection to developers of 28 new
varieties of seed-reproduced and tuber-propagated plants. They
include cotton, pea, soybean and wheat.
The 28
certificates are being issued under the Plant Variety Protection
Act. The certificates require that the varieties be new,
distinct, uniform and stable. The owners will have the exclusive
right to reproduce, sell, import and export their products in
the United States
for the duration of protection.
The 28
certificates are:
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the DP 90B,
DP 50B, DP 90RR, DP 5111, DP 688 B/RR, DP 410 B, DP 436 RR, DP
458 B/RR and DP 425 RR varieties of cotton, developed
by D&PL Technology Holding Corporation, Scott, Miss.;
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the Topps*
variety of pea, developed by Pure Line Seed Inc. &
Upper Valley Seed Company, Moscow, Idaho;
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the Para
variety of pea, developed by Pure Line Seed Inc.,
Moscow,
Idaho;
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the Sugar
Loaf and
Stanton
varieties of pea, developed by Syngenta Seeds, Inc.,
Boise,
Idaho;
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the SN79553,
SY32157, SN79624, SN79582 and SN79596 varieties of soybean,
developed by Asgrow Seed Company LLC, Ames, Iowa;
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the 91M40,
92M00, 92M71, 92M80, 93M41 and 93M80 varieties of soybean,
developed by Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Johnston,
Iowa;
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the Moreland*
variety of common wheat, developed by University of
Idaho, Moscow, Idaho;
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the AP401 CL*
variety of common wheat, developed by Agripro Wheat, a
business unit of Advanta U.S.A. Inc., Junction City, Kan.;
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the
Pearl* variety of common wheat, developed by
Virginia Tech Intellectural Properties, Inc.,
Blacksburg,
Va.; and
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the Coker
9295* variety of common wheat, developed by Syngenta
Seeds, Inc.,
Washington, Iowa.
* In the United
States seed of this variety (1) shall be sold by variety name
only as a class of certified seed and (2) shall conform to the
number of generations specified by the owner of the rights (84
STAT.1542, as amended, 7 U.S.C. 2321 ET SEQ).
USDA's
Agricultural Marketing Service administers the Plant Variety
Protection Act, which provides time limited marketing protection
to developers of new and distinct seed- reproduced and
tuber-propagated plants ranging from farm crops to flowers. For
additional information contact the Plant Variety Protection
Office at telephone (301) 504-5518, fax (301) 504-5291 or the
Internet at
www.ams.usda.gov/science/PVPO/pvp.htm. |
