[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR97.12]

[Page 258]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
 CHAPTER I--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE \1\ (STANDARDS, INSPECTIONS, 
       MARKETING PRACTICES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (CONTINUED)
 
PART 97_PLANT VARIETY AND PROTECTION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 97.12  Number and filing date of an application.

    (a) Applications shall be numbered and dated in sequence in the 
order received in the Office. Applicants will be informed in writing as 
soon as practicable of the number and effective filing date of the 
application.
    (b) An applicant may claim the benefit of the filing date of a prior 
foreign application in accordance with section 55 of the Act. A 
certified copy of the foreign application shall be filed upon request 
made by the examiner. If a foreign application is not in the English 
language, an English translation, certified as accurate by a sworn or 
official translator, shall be submitted with the application.