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Requirements for Plant Variety Protection |
| Plant Variety Protection shall be granted for a variety. provided such variety is new, distinct, uniform, stable and has suitable name. |
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| The variety is new if, at the date of filing of the application, propagating material or harvested material of the variety has not been assigned, by or with the consent of the breeder, for purposes of exploitation of the variety, in the territory of the Republic of Korea for longer than one year and in a territory other than that of the Republic of Korea for longer than four years(or, in case of trees and fruit trees, for longer than six years.) |
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| The variety is distinct if it is clearly distinguishable from any other variety whose existence is a matter of common knowledge at the time of the filing of the application. |
| Uniformity |
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| The variety is uniform if , subject to the variation that may be expected from the particular features of its propagation, it is sufficiently uniform in its basic characteristics. |
| Stability |
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| The variety is stable if its basic characteristics remain unchanged after repeated propagation(or, in case of a particular cycle of propagation such as F1 hybrid, at the end of each such cycle) |
| Denomination |
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| A variety which is applied for variety protection shall have its suitable variety denomination. |
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