US Plant Patent PP16310
BCS 7-12
Artichoke plant named ‘BCS 7-12’
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.

The record
- Patent number
- PP16310
- Filed
- February 20, 2003
- Granted
- March 7, 2006
- Expires
- February 20, 2023
- Assignee
- CHAHBANDAR MEDHAT
- Inventor
- CHAHBANDAR MEDHAT
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Artichoke plant named ‘BCS 7-12’. This new variety is characterized by red or violet bud color. Further, ‘BCA 7-12’ has a significantly larger fruit size and an earlier maturation compared to other red artichoke varieties. This variety has also shown to be more vigorous than its parents with a larger leaf area.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
1. The new and distinct variety of artichoke plant substantially as shown and described herein.
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