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US Plant Patent PP21700

B13

Artichoke plant ‘B13’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends October 13, 2029.

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 PP21700, the photograph of B13 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP21700, 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
PP21700
Filed
October 13, 2009
Granted
February 8, 2011
Expires
October 13, 2029
Inventor
JORDAN STEPHEN

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Cynara named ‘B13’ that has improved productivity and year round harvest. B13 produces one central and about fifteen lateral edible immature flower buds, and four side shoots during the first year.

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 artichoke plant having the characteristics substantially as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP21700 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.