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US Plant Patent PP16977

Wassum

Almond tree named ‘Wassum’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 6, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 23, 2023. This patent earned 74 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16977, the photograph of Wassum printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16977, 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
PP16977
Filed
December 23, 2003
Granted
August 8, 2006
Expires
March 6, 2024
Assignee
WASSUM MIKE
Inventor
WASSUM MIKE

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of almond tree that is somewhat similar to the ‘Carmel’ and ‘Nonpariel’ varieties, but is distinguished therefrom in being slightly darker in color than the ‘Carmel’ and in having a larger kernel than the ‘Nonpariel’. In addition, the fruit is produced several days after both ‘Carmel’ and ‘Nonpariel’ varieties. The fruit is of medium size and has a soft shell. This new invention has a good flavor and is free from an unusual number of doubles (kernels in the shell).

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 substantially as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16977 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.