The Plant Variety Protection Act
provides for the issuance of intellectual property protection on
novel varieties of seed reproduced crops. Information collected
provides expert examiners in the PVPO a basis for issuing or
denying a certificate of protection.
The decrease in respondents is
offset by an increase of 409 hours in burden attributed to an
increase in the number of applications received.
$1,859,460
No
No
Uncollected
Uncollected
No
Uncollected
Bernadette Thomas 3015045297
bernadette.thomas@usda.gov
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.