PTO/AIA/03 Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) for Plant Application Using an

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PTO/AIA/03 (09-22)
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DECLARATION (37 CFR 1.63) FOR PLANT APPLICATION USING AN APPLICATION
DATA SHEET (37 CFR 1.76)
The New and
Distinct Variety Of:

Plant Named:

As a below named inventor, I hereby declare that:
This declaration is directed to:
The attached application, or
United States Application No. ______________________ filed on ___________________________,
I have asexually reproduced the plant to which this application applies;
The plant was found in a cultivated area (check this box for a newly found plant only);
The above-identified application was made or authorized to be made by me.
I believe that I am the original inventor or an original joint inventor of a claimed invention in the application.
I hereby acknowledge that any willful false statement made in this declaration or is punishable under 18 U.S.C. 1001 by fine
or imprisonment of not more than (5) years, or both.

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LEGAL NAME OF INVENTOR
Inventor: ___________________________________________________ Date (Optional): __________________________
Signature: __________________________________________________________________________________________
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