From seed to
recognized right.
Whoever develops a new plant variety deserves the same level of protection as an industrial inventor. Brazilian Law 9,456/97 creates that specific right. We file, defend and manage plant varieties with the SNPC (Brazilian Plant Variety Office).
What we deliver.
Legal basis: Brazilian Law 9,456/97 (Plant Variety Protection Act), UPOV Convention (International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants).
- Technical analysis of novelty, distinctness, uniformity and stability: the DUS requirements
- Preparation of technical reports and DUS descriptors
- Filing with the SNPC, at the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture (MAPA)
- Follow-up of field trials
- Renewal and maintenance of the certificate
- Defense against unauthorized use
Step by step, with method.
Each step monitored by an IP specialist and a technical expert, with clear deadlines and responsibilities.
Preliminary technical analysis
We confirm with the plant breeder that the variety meets novelty and the DUS requirements (distinctness, uniformity and stability).
DUS reports
Technical documentation per the official tables for the species at hand.
Filing with the SNPC
Petition before the Brazilian Plant Variety Office at the Ministry of Agriculture.
Field trials
The SNPC runs its own trials or accepts results from the plant breeder, depending on the species.
Grant of certificate
15-year protection for most species, 18 years for vines and fruit trees.
Maintenance and defense
We track annual payments and act against unauthorized reproduction.
A new plant variety is living technology. The law protects it as such.
Common questions in this practice.
No. The Brazilian Plant Variety Act creates a sui generis system specific to plant varieties, with rules better suited to their biological nature.