[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: 7CFR97.22]

[Page 260]
 
                          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. 97.22  Revival of an application abandoned for failure to reply.

    An application abandoned for failure on the part of the applicant to 
advance actively his or her application to its completion, in accordance 
with the regulations in this part, may be revived as a pending 
application within 3 months of such abandonment, upon a finding by the 
Commissioner that the failure was inadvertent or unavoidable and without 
fraudulent intent. A request to revive an abandoned application shall be 
accompanied by a written statement showing the cause of the failure to 
respond, a response to the last request for action, and by the specified 
fee.