Is the application for new plant variety right the same as the application for invention patent? Is it the first application system or the first invented system? If it is in China.

Regulations of People's Republic of China (PRC) Municipality on the Protection of New Plant Varieties

Article 8:

A new plant variety can only be granted one variety right. Where two or more applicants apply for variety rights for the same new plant variety respectively, the variety rights shall be granted to the first applicant; At the same time, the variety right is granted to the person who first completes the breeding of new plant varieties.

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