Plant Varieties Protection

Application for Plant Breeder's Right (Registration of New Plant Variety) (Abridged Version)

Name of service:

• Application for Plant Breeder's Right

Nature of service:

• To provide plant breeders a legal means to apply for proprietary rights over cultivated plant varieties they have bred.

How to obtain the service:

• Application form, guidelines and fee list are available at 5/F., Cheung Sha Wan Government Offices, 303 Cheung Sha Wan Road, Kowloon or can be This link will open in a new windowdownloaded at our website.

List of document required:

• Proposed denomination

• Reproductive materials

Details description of origin and breeding history, botanical features, distinctness of the variety, special conditions for growing, methods for maintaining the variety, comparative test reports (if available), overseas registration status and previous commercialization information etc.

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