§ 97.175 - Fees and charges.

§ 97.175 Fees and charges.

The following fees and charges apply to the services and actions specified below: in paragraphs (a)

Filing the application and notifying the public of filing - $518.00.

(b) Search or examination - $3,864.00.

(c

through (f) of this section:

(a) Application:

(1) Initial fee for filing, examination, and certificate issuance - $5,150

(2) Submission of new application data

, after notice of allowance,

prior to issuance of certificate - $432

.00.

(

d) Allowance and issuance of certificate and notifying public of issuance - $768.00.

(e) Revive an abandoned application - $518.00.

(f) Reproduction of records, drawings, certificates, exhibits, or printed material (cost per page of material) - $1.80.

(g) Authentication (each page) - $1.80.

(h) Correcting or re-issuance of a certificate - $518.00.

(i) Recording an assignment, any revision of an assignment, or withdrawal or revocation of an assignment (per certificate or application) - $41.00.

(j) Copies of 8 × 10 photographs in color - $41.00.

(k) Additional fee for reconsideration - $518.00.

(l) Additional fee for late payment - $41.00.

(m) Fee for handling replenishment seed sample (applicable only for certificates issued after June 20, 2005) - $38.00.

(n) Additional fee for late replenishment of seed - $41.00.

(o) Filing a petition for protest proceeding - $4,118.00.

(p

3) Granting extensions for responding to data requests - $89

(4) Refunds pursuant to § 97.178 may be issued for portions of the initial application fee as follows: examination - $3,864, and certificate issuance - $768.

(b) Reconsideration of application - $589

(c) Revival of an abandoned application - $518

(d) Appeals:

(1) Filing a petition for protest to Commissioner - $4,118

(2) Appeal to Secretary (refundable if appeal overturns

the

protest to Commissioner

's decision

) - $4,942

.00.

(

q) Granting of extensions for responding to a request - $89.00. (r) Field inspections

e) Field inspections or other services requiring travel by a representative of the Plant Variety Protection Office, made at the request of the applicant, shall be reimbursable in full (including travel, per diem or subsistence, salary, and

salary

administrative costs), in accordance with

Standardized Government Travel Regulation

standardized government travel regulations.

(

s

f) Any other service not covered

above

in this section, including, but not limited to, reproduction of records, authentication, correction, or reissuance of a certificate, recordation or revision of assignment, and late fees will be charged for at rates prescribed by the Commissioner, but in no event shall they exceed

$107.00

$97 per employee

-

hour. Charges will also

will

be made for materials, space, and administrative costs.

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