7 CFR 97.100
§ 97.100 Examination of applications.
United States · 7 CFR — Agriculture · Status: effective
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- 7 CFR 97.100, § 97.100 Examination of applications, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/16853
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(a) [Reserved]
(b) Examinations of applications shall include a review of all available documents, publications, or other material relating to varieties of the species involved in the application, except that if there are fundamental defects in the application, as determined by the examiner, the examination may be limited to an identification of such defects and notification to the applicant of needed corrective action. However, matters of form or procedure need not, but may, be raised by an examiner until a variety is found to be new, distinct, uniform, and stable and entitled to protection.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.