[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 66 (Monday, April 7, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19046-19047]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-07703]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Document No. AMS-ST-14-0034]
Plant Variety Protection Board; Open Teleconference Meeting
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice is intended to notify the public of their
opportunity to attend an open meeting of the Plant Variety Protection
Board.
DATES: May 13, 2014 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., open to the public.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the United States Department of
Agriculture, Room 2068, South Building, 1400 Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20250.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Maria Pratt, Plant Variety
Protection Office, Science and Technology Programs, Agricultural
Marketing Service, United States Department of Agriculture, 1400
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250. Telephone number (202)
260-8983, fax (202) 260-8976, or email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the provisions of section 10(a)
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), this
notice is given regarding an upcoming Plant Variety Protection (PVP)
Board meeting. The Plant Variety Protection Act (PVPA) (7 U.S.C. 2321
et seq.) provides legal protection in the form of intellectual property
rights to developers of new varieties of plants, which are reproduced
sexually by seed or are tuber-propagated. A Certificate of Plant
Variety Protection is awarded to an owner of a crop variety after an
examination shows that it is new, distinct from other varieties,
genetically uniform and stable through successive generations. The term
of protection is 20 years for most crops and 25 years for trees,
shrubs, and vines. The PVPA also provides for a statutory Board (7
U.S.C. 2327). The duties of the Board are to: (1) Advise the Secretary
concerning the adoption of rules and regulations to facilitate the
proper administration of the Act; (2) provide advisory counsel to the
Secretary on appeals concerning decisions on applications by the PVP
Office and on requests for emergency public-interest compulsory
licenses; and (3) advise the Secretary on any other matters under the
Regulations and Rules of Practice and on all questions under Section 44
of the Act, ``Public Interest in Wide Usage'' (7 U.S.C. 2404).
The purpose of the meeting will be to discuss the electronic PVP
(ePVP) system development, meetings with the European Union (EU) on
mutual recognition of the PVP examination process, the activity of the
subcommittee to evaluate molecular techniques for PVP distinctness
characterization, and the PVP Office outreach efforts. The proposed
agenda for the PVP Board meeting will include a welcome by Department
officials followed by a discussion focusing on program activities that
encourage the development of new plant varieties and appeals to the
Secretary. The agenda will also include presentations on the ePVP
system, summary of EU meetings, and the use of molecular markers for
PVP applications, and PVP outreach activity.
The meeting will be open to the public. Those wishing to attend or
phone into the meeting are encouraged to pre-register by May 5, 2014
with the
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person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. If you require
accommodations, such as sign language interpreter, please contact the
person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Minutes of the
meeting will be available for public review 30 days following the
meeting at the address listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
The minutes will also be posted on the Internet Web site http://www.ams.usda.gov/PVPO.
Dated: April 2, 2014.
Rex A. Barnes,
Associate Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-07703 Filed 4-4-14; 8:45 am]
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