Washington, DC
October 20, 2003
The U.S.
Department of Agriculture has issued certificates of protection
to developers of 20 new varieties of seed-reproduced and
tuber-propagated plants. They include barley, bean, bluegrass,
cotton, fescue, lettuce, onion, pea, peanut, ryegrass, tobacco
and wheat.
The 20
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 20
certificates are:
- the
IdaGold II* variety of barley,
developed by Coors Brewing Company, Golden, Colo.;
- the
Price* variety of barley,
developed by Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.,
Blacksburg, Va.;
- the
Thoroughbred variety of garden bean,
developed by Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc., Oxnard,
Calif.;
- the
Dragon variety of Kentucky bluegrass,
developed by ProSeeds Marketing, Inc., Jefferson, Ore.;
- the DP
5557 variety of cotton,
developed by D&PL Technology Holding Corporation,
Scott, Miss.;
- the
Durango and Matador varieties of tall
fescue, developed by Pure Seed Testing, Inc.,
Hubbard, Ore.;
- the Big
Ben variety of lettuce,
developed by Pybas Vegetable Seed Company Inc., Santa
Maria, Calif.;
- the
Hearts Delight variety of lettuce,
developed by Enza Zaden de Enkhuizer Zaadhandel B.V.,
The Netherlands;
- the BEN
HUR* variety of lettuce,
developed by Progecy Advanced Genetics, Inc., Salinas,
Calif.;
- the
NuMex Crimson* and NuMex Solano* variety of
onion, developed by New
Mexico State University and Agricultural Experiment Station,
Las Cruces, N.M.;
- the
Marias variety of pea,
developed by Crites-Moscow Growers, Inc., Moscow,
Idaho;
- the
NemaTam* variety of peanut,
developed by Texas Agricultural Experiment Station,
College Station, Texas;
- the
Manhattan 3 variety of perennial
ryegrass, developed by Pure Seed Testing, Inc.,
Hubbard, Ore.;
- the
Vector 21-41 variety of tobacco,
developed by North Carolina State University, Raleigh,
N.C.;
- the NC
71*, NC72 and NC92-2770-40 varieties of
tobacco, developed by North Carolina State
University, Raleigh, N.C.; and
- the AGS
2485 variety of common wheat,
developed by University of Georgia Research Foundation,
Inc., and Florida Agricultural Experiment Station,
Athens, Ga.
*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/pvpindex.htm. |