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- 1. Recent Changes
- 2. About this Manual, Quality, and Customer Engagement
- 2.1 Using This Manual
- 2.2 Customer Engagement, Quality Management and Timeliness
- 2.3 Procedures for Updating This Manual
- 3. PBR Process Maps
- 4. Part 1 - Application for PBR and Acceptance
- 4.1 Scope and Nature of Plant Breeder's Rights
- 4.2 Roles in a PBR Application
- 4.3 Form an application must take
- 4.4 Variety Denomination
- 4.5 Prior Sales
- 4.6 Priority
- 4.7 Acceptance or Rejection of PBR Application
- 4.7.1 Prima Facie Case for Breeding of the New Variety
- 4.7.2 Prima Facie Case for Distinctness of the New Variety
- 4.7.3 Breeding Process of the New Variety
- 4.8 Provisional Protection
- 5. Part 2 - Dealing With the Application After its Acceptance
- 5.1 DUS Test Growing in Australia
- 5.1.1 Centralised Testing Centres (CTC)
- 5.1.2 Pre-Examination Trial Agreement (PETA)
- 5.1.3 What to Expect During Field Examination
- 5.2 Overseas DUS Test Reports
- 5.3 Detailed Variety Description
- 5.3.1 IVDS Submissions
- 5.3.2 Further Period to Submit Detailed Description
- 5.3.3 Part 2 Forms and ACRA, GRC Submission
- 5.3.4 Ceasing of Provisional Protection
- 5.4 Public Comments
- 5.5 Withdrawals
- 5.6 Grant or Refusal
- 5.7 Revocation of PBR
- 5.8 Offer to Surrender
- 5.9 Expiry of Plant Breeder's Rights
- 6. Register of Plant Varieties
- 7. Essentially Derived Varieties (EDVs)
- 8. Qualified Persons (QPs)
- 9. Variations and Prescribed Fees
- 10. PBR System User Guides
6.1 PBR Search
Overview
The IP Australia website hosts a PBR search tool available to internal staff and external stakeholders. Applicants are encouraged to confirm if their variety is new to the Australian market by checking PBR Search.
PBR Search coverage
The database covered by PBR Search includes details of existing varieties (as documented in the Plant Varieties Journal and the PBR Register) for which an application for PBR has been filed and the application is:
accepted;
granted;
terminated;
expired;
refused;
rejected; or
withdrawn.
PBR Search will not display details of any pending applications.
PBR Search users can use either the Quick Search (to initially sort by genus or species) or Advanced Search (to apply additional fields and further narrow the search). Further details and guidance material on the use of PBR Search can be viewed at 10.3 PBR Search.
Searching outside of Australia
Where applicants intend to sell their variety internationally or believe the variety may be registered in another country, they should conduct an international search of the PLUTO Plant Variety Database. The PLUTO database contains information relating to plant varieties registered in International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) member countries. The PLUTO database is maintained by UPOV and includes records submitted by UPOV member countries.
If applicants wish to search plant varieties registered in a country not included in the PLUTO database, they should contact the country’s office directly for access to their records.
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