US Plant Patent PP21699

X42

Artichoke plant ‘X42’

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.

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The record

Patent number: PP21699
Filed: October 13, 2009
Granted: February 8, 2011
Expires: October 13, 2029
Assignee: BARODA FARMS INC
Inventor: JORDAN STEPHEN

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Cynara named ‘X42’ that has improved productivity and year round harvest. ‘X42’ 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.

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