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US Plant Patent PP15049

Kochi

Almond tree named ‘Kochi’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 28, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15049, the photograph of Kochi printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15049, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP15049
Filed
February 28, 2003
Granted
July 27, 2004
Expires
February 28, 2023
Assignee
SIERRA GOLD NURSERIES INC
Inventor
KOCHI MARK

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of almond tree which is somewhat similar to ‘Nonpareil’ (non patented) but distinguished therefrom by producing nuts that mature a week before ‘Nonpareil’ for harvesting, husking, shelling, and shipping, which further produces a high quality nut of medium size with a good shell. This new invention has a sweet flavor and is comparatively free of doubled kernels in the shell.

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

What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of almond tree as described and illustrated which is somewhat similar to ‘Nonpareil’ (non patented) but distinguished therefrom by producing nuts that mature a week before ‘Nonpareil’ for harvesting, husking, shelling, and shipping, which further produces a high quality nut of medium size with a good shell, and which has a sweet flavor and is comparatively free of doubled kernels in the shell.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15049 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.