[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: 7CFR97.130]

[Page 263]
 
                          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. 97.130  Recording of assignments.

    (a) Any assignment of an application for a certificate, or of a 
certificate of plant variety protection, or of any interest in a 
variety, or any license or grant and conveyance of any right to use of 
the variety, may be submitted for recording in the Office in accordance 
with section 101 of the Act (7 U.S.C. 2531).
    (b) No instrument shall be recorded which is not in the English 
language or which does not identify the certificate or application to 
which it relates.
    (c) An instrument relating to title of a certificate shall identify 
the certificate by number and date, the name of the owner, and the name 
of the variety as stated in the certificate. An instrument relating to 
title of an application shall identify an application by number and date 
of filing, the name of the owner, and the name of the variety as stated 
in the application.
    (d) If an assignment is executed concurrently or subsequent to the 
filing of an application, but before its number and filing date are 
ascertained, the assignment shall identify the application by the date 
of the application, the name of the owner, and the name of the variety.

[58 FR 42435, Aug. 9, 1993, as amended at 60 FR 17190, Apr. 4, 1995]