Deposit of Voucher Specimen.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

(a) (b) (1) The application number assigned by the Office; (2) The crop kind, genus and species, and variety denomination; and (3) The name and address of the depositor. (c) (1) The National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation, ARS, USDA, 1111 South Mason Street, Fort Collins, CO 80521-4500, or (2) Any other depository recognized to be suitable by the Office. Suitability will be determined by the Commissioner on the basis of the administrative and technical competence, and agreement of the depository to comply with the terms and conditions applicable to deposits for plant variety protection purposes. The Commissioner may seek the advice of impartial consultants on the suitability of a depository. The depository must: (i) Have a continuous existence; (ii) Exist independent of the control of the depositor; (iii) Possess the staff and facilities sufficient to examine the viability and quantity of a deposit, and store the deposit in a manner which ensures that it is kept viable and uncontaminated; (iv) Provide for sufficient safety measures to minimize the risk of losing biological material deposited with it; (v) Be impartial and objective; (vi) Refrain from distributing samples while the application is being examined and during the term of protection but, after control of the sample is transferred by the Office to the depository, furnish samples of the deposited material in an expeditious and proper manner; (vii) Have the capability to destroy samples or return samples to

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 97.7