[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: 7CFR97.132]

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                          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. 97.132  Assignment records open to public inspection.

    (a) Assignment records relating to original or amended certificates 
shall be open to public inspection and copies of any recorded document 
may be obtained upon payment of the prescribed fee.
    (b) Assignment records relating to any pending or abandoned 
application shall not be available for inspection except to the extent 
that pending applications are published as provided in section 57 of the 
Act and Sec. 97.19, or where necessary to carry out the provisions of 
any Act of Congress. Copies of assignment records and information on 
pending or abandoned applications shall be obtainable only upon written 
authority of the applicant or his or her assignee, or attorney or agent 
of record, or where necessary to carry out the provisions of any Act of 
Congress. An order for a copy of an assignment shall give the proper 
identification of the assignment.

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