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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
6.2 Plant Varieties Journal
The Plant Varieties Journal (PVJ) is the official journal published by the Plant Breeder’s Rights Office (PBRO). PVJ is published quarterly under the public notice provision of section 68(1) of the Plant Breeder’s Rights Act 1994. It also provides general information about the Plant Breeder’s Rights Scheme, public notices of Acceptance and Grant, procedures for objections and revocations, UPOV developments, important changes and official notices.
The web structure of the journal is generated from the PBR web database and the PVJ Co-ordinator (an Examiner) is responsible for creating and editing the journal from finalised descriptions and other related documents.
- Detailed descriptions are lodged by Qualified Persons (QPs) via IVDS (Interactive Variety Description System) and all descriptions must be submitted as a draft in the first instance.
The lodged descriptions are then processed by PBR Administrators and Examiners. Further guidance for staff can be viewed at 11.4.6.2 Receipt and Distribution of Detailed Descriptions.
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