---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 97.21"
title: "7"
number: "97.21"
heading: "Extension of time for a reply."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/97.21"
---

# §97.21. Extension of time for a reply.


The time for reply by an applicant to a request by the Office for certain action, shall be extended by the Commissioner only for good and sufficient cause, and for a specified reasonable time. A request for extension and appropriate fee shall be filed on or before the specified time for reply. In no case shall the mere filing of a request for extension require the granting of an extension or state the time for reply.


## Notes

### Amendments

[58 FR 42435, Aug. 9, 1993, as amended at 61 FR 248, Jan. 4, 1996]

### 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 61 FR 248, Jan. 4, 1996]