US Plant Patent PP19555

Folsom

Almond tree named ‘Folsom’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 10, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 16, 2024. This patent earned 298 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP19555
Filed: August 16, 2004
Granted: December 9, 2008
Expires: June 10, 2025
Assignee: FOLSOM ALBERT EDWIN
Inventor: FOLSOM ALBERT EDWIN

Abstract

An almond tree ( Prunus dulcis ) named ‘Folsom’ that blooms and ripens in the early season and produces a high quality, marketable crop.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct variety of almond tree as illustrated and described herein, which is characterized as to novelty by its ability to bloom and harvest in the early season.

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