US Plant Patent PP15807

BCL 9-11

Artichoke plant named ‘BCL 9-11’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 20, 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 PP15807, the photograph of BCL 9-11 printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15807, 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: PP15807
Filed: February 20, 2003
Granted: June 28, 2005
Expires: February 20, 2023
Inventor: CHAHBANDAR MEDHAT

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Artichoke plant named ‘BCL 9-11’ characterized by numerous very large semi-glossy heads and thick, fleshy bracts and hears. The heads is rounder than the parent lines with reduced pubescence. The bracts are more compact that its parents.

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

1. The new distinct variety of artichoke plant substantially as shown and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by the characteristics listed above.

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