---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 97.11"
title: "7"
number: "97.11"
heading: "Application accepted and filed when received."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/97.11"
---

# §97.11. Application accepted and filed when received.

- (a) An application, if materially complete when initially submitted, shall be accepted and filed to await examination.
- (b) If any part of an application is so incomplete, or so defective that it cannot be handled as a completed application for examination, as determined by the Commissioner, the applicant will be notified. The application will be held a maximum of 3 months for completion. Applications not completed at the end of the prescribed period will be considered abandoned. The application fee in such cases will not be refunded.

## Notes

### Amendments

[58 FR 42435, Aug. 9, 1993, as amended at 60 FR 17189, Apr. 4, 1995]

### Authority

Authority: Plant Variety Protection Act, as amended, 7 U.S.C. 2321 et seq.

### Source

Source: 58 FR 42435, Aug. 9, 1993, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[58 FR 42435, Aug. 9, 1993, as amended at 60 FR 17189, Apr. 4, 1995]