---
kind: "section"
citation: "9 C.F.R. § 124.21"
title: "9"
number: "124.21"
heading: "Regulatory review period determination."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/9/124.21"
---

# §124.21. Regulatory review period determination.

- (a) Not later than 30 days after the receipt of an application from PTO, APHIS shall determine the regulatory review period. Once the regulatory review period for a product has been determined, APHIS will notify PTO in writing of the determination, send a copy of the determination to the applicant, and make a copy available for public inspection in room 1141, South Building, 14th Street and Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC, between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays.
- (b) APHIS will also publish a notice of the regulatory review period determination in the Federal Register. The notice will include the following:
  - (1) The name of the applicant;
  - (2) The trade name and true name of the product;
  - (3) The number of the patent for which an extension of the term is sought;
  - (4) The approved indications or uses for the product;
  - (5) The regulatory review period determination, including a statement of the length of each phase of the review period and the dates used in calculating each phase.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 35 U.S.C. 156; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.4.

### Source

Source: 58 FR 11369, Feb. 25, 1993, unless otherwise noted.