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Yearbook on Plant Variety Rights 2011
Preface of the Editor
A total of 199 applications for plant variety rights were received in 2011. Among them 32
applications are pending for document review and 167applications are undergoing substantial
review. A total of 76 applications for plant variety right registration were approved and an-
nounced during the current year, among which ornamental plants accounted for 84%, fruit trees
9%, and vegetable plants 7%. The average periods from application to approval notice are flo-
wers crops 20 months, when the applications are undergoing substantive review.
In order to expand the applicable scope for plant variety rights, 16 applicable plants were
announced during the current year, including Bamboo (100/3/18), Sukura (100/1/18), Azalea
(100/1/18), Camellia (100/3/18), Coleus (100/7/28), Garden Orchid (100/8/30), Crown of
Thorns (100/11/7), Stok (100/12/1), White sapote (100/7/19), Abiu (100/7/19), Longan
(100/7/19), Pomelo (100/7/19), Grapefruit (100/7/19), Lemon (100/7/19), Lime (100/7/19) and
Kumquat (100/7/19).
Promotion of intellectual property rights has been a major administrative policy in Ta-
iwan, the Yearbook on Plant Variety Rights not only provides complete data regarding variety
right registration of the current year, but also demonstrates our efforts to protect plant variety
rights and records the achievements during the process of research and development of new
plant varieties in Taiwan. From this year onward, the English translation of the yearbook will
be available below the Chinese text, in order to disseminate information regarding the plant
variety rights in Taiwan all over the world.
Many thanks to the applicants and plant breeders for providing materials and pictures of
the new plant varieties during the data collection process, by doing so that the compilation and
edition of the yearbook could be successfully completed. Despite our best efforts to maintain
the completeness and accuracy of information, mistakes may be made in haste. Hence, your
kind comments and suggestions would be appreciated.
