Content of Application.

Sec. 52. Content of Application. An application for a certificate recognizing plant variety rights shall contain: (1) The name of the variety except that a temporary designation will suffice until the certificate is to be issued. (2) A description of the variety setting forth its novelty and a description of the genealogy and breeding procedure, when known. The Secretary may require amplification, including the submission of adequate photographs or drawings or plant specimens, if the description is not adequate or as complete as is reasonably possible, and submission of records or proof of ownership or of allegations made in the application. An applicant may add to or correct the description at any time, before the certificate is issued, upon a showing acceptable to the Secretary that the revised description is retroactively accurate. Courts shall protect others from any injustice which would result. The Secretary may accept records of the breeder and of any official seed certifying agency in this country as evidence of stability where applicable. (3) A declaration that a viable sample of basic seed necessary for propagation of the variety will be deposited and replenished periodically in a public repository in accordance with regulations to be established hereunder. This declaration may be added by amendment. (4) A statement of the basis of applicant’s ownership.