Jimmie Turner (202) 720-8998jimmie.turner@ams.usda.govBilly Cox (202) 720-8998billy.cox@ams.usda.gov
WASHINGTON, April 5, 2010 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued certificates of protection to developers of 18 new varieties of seed-reproduced and tuber-propagated plants. They include soybean and vinca.
The 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 18 certificates are:
-- the RJS15003, 95Y30, RJS13001, RJS39003, RJS45001, RJS40001, 93Y92, RJS28004, RJS29001, RJS30001, RJS30002, and RJS41002 varieties of soybean, developed by Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Johnston, Iowa; and
-- the PAS555867, PAS553555, PAS551759, PAS553550, PAS553551, and PAS553552 varieties of vinca, developed by Ball Horticultural Company, West Chicago, Ill.
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 more information contact the Plant Variety Protection Office at (301) 504-5518, fax (301) 504-5291, or the Internet at www.ams.usda.gov./pvpo.
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