Washington, DC
August 6, 2008
AMS No. 136-08
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued certificates of
protection to developers of 21 new varieties of seed-reproduced
and tuber-propagated plants. They include bean, bluegrass, corn,
soybean and wheat.
The 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 21 certificates are:
- the Spartacus, Sea
Biscuit, VALENTINO, Secretariat, Weapon and Ulysses
varieties of garden bean, developed by Seminis
Vegetable Seeds, Inc., Oxnard, California;
- the Mallard and Blue Ridge
varieties of Kentucky bluegrass, developed by
Pennington Seeds, Inc., Lebanon, Oregon;
- the Avalanche variety of
Kentucky bluegrass, developed by Pure Seed Testing,
Inc., Hubbard, Oregon;
- the S32431 variety of
corn, developed by JC Robinson Seeds, Inc., Waterloo,
Nebraska;
- the 93Y12, 93Y70, 93Y02,
92Y80, 93Y81, 93Y01 and 98Y11 varieties of soybean,
developed by Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Johnston,
Iowa;
- the OLERICH150 variety of
soybean, developed by Saga Prefectural Regional
Industry Support Center, Saga Japan;
- the D4422957 and D4328762
varieties of soybean, developed by Monsanto
Technology, L.L.C., St. Louis; and
- the RB07* variety of
common wheat, developed by Regents of the University of
Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota.
* In the United States, seed of
this variety shall be sold by variety name only as a class of
certified seed, and 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 more information, contact the Plant Variety Protection
Office at (301) 504-5518, fax (301) 504-5291 or the Internet at
www.ams.usda.gov/pvpo. |
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