Plant Variety Protection Resources
WSURF Office of Intellectual Property (website)
Dr. Keith Jones, Director
Tom Kelly, Licensing Officer
1610 NE Eastgate Blvd.
Pullman, WA 99163
(509)335-4363
(509)335-7237 FAX
U.S. Plant Variety Protection Office:
http://www.ams.usda.gov/science/PVPO/PVPindex.htm
U.S. Code - Title 5, Chapter 57 - Plant Variety Protection: http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/7/ch57.html
PVP Application Forms:
Forms and instructions are available on the PVP web site.
- Form SD470: Here is a typable version with WSU fields pre-entered. In the case of WSU varieties, the Washington State University Research Foundation is the applicant—please use their name and address (see above) when completing the forms. Incorporation date is July 7, 1939. Answer 'NO' to question 20; WSU wishes to keep its options open regarding sale of seed.
- Exhibit C: Forms are online, except for: Exhibit C for Dry Edible Bean,; here is Exhibit C for Wheat in typable pdf fomat .
- Exhibit D: Please note 'crop specific requirements for wheat', as stated here: http://www.ams.usda.gov/science/PVPO/apply.htm
- Exhibit E: Here is a typable version with WSU fields pre-entered. Please state that WSU has assigned it's interest to WSURF, along with breeder info.
- Don't forget to include a sample of at least 3,000 untreated viable seeds capable of propagating the application variety, for a tuber propagated variety a verification that a viable cell culture will be deposited.
- Completed applications (by State breeders) should be submitted to Debbie Marsh in the Crop & Soil Sciences Extension Office, who is responsible for routing them to the WSU Research Foundation via ARC.
Related Links:
The Plant Variety Protection Act, by M.A Brick and J. Stanelle, Colorado State University Extension Publication #0.301, 11/99.
Plant Variety Protection: An Alternative to Patents, by Janice M. Strachan, Plant Variety Examiner, Plant Variety Protection Office, USDA, Agricultural Marketing Service, Beltsville, MD (date unknown - probably '99/00)
Variety Name Clearance: To prevent conflicts and violations of the Federal Seed Act, The Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch will check proposed variety names. To request a variety name check, write or fax your request to Al Burgoon or use their on-line form.
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