US Plant Patent PP16429

BCV 8-11

Artichoke plant named ‘BCV 8-11’

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 PP16429, the photograph of BCV 8-11 printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16429, 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: PP16429
Filed: February 20, 2003
Granted: April 11, 2006
Expires: February 20, 2023
Assignee: CHAHBANDAR MEDHAT
Inventor: CHAHBANDAR MEDHAT

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Artichoke plant named ‘BCV 8-11’, having bracts exhibiting a much darker and vibrant violet hue and reduced pubescence in comparison to the parent variety ‘Violet de Provence’. ‘BCV 8-11’ is sterile and produces more tender fruit and has a greater production of fruit buds than ‘Violet de Provence’.

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.

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