7 CFR 97.16
§ 97.16 Amendment by applicant.
United States · 7 CFR — Agriculture · Status: effective
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- 7 CFR 97.16, § 97.16 Amendment by applicant, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/16844
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An application may be amended before or after the first examination and action by the Office, after the second or subsequent examination or reconsideration as specified in § 97.107, or when and as specifically required by the examiner. Such amendment may include a specification that seed of the variety be sold by variety name only as a class of certified seed, if not previously specified or if previously declined. Once an affirmative specification is made, no amendment to reverse such a specification will be permitted unless the variety has not been sold and labeled or publication made in any manner that the variety is to be sold by variety name, only as a class of certified seed.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.