US Plant Patent PP25177

Nile Fiber

Arundo plant named ‘Nile Fiber’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends September 10, 2032.

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: PP25177
Filed: September 10, 2012
Granted: December 16, 2014
Expires: September 10, 2032
Assignee: CARROLL JOHN TODD, TREEFREE BIOMASS SOLUTIONS INC, VOLOTIN NORMAN
Inventor: CARROLL JOHN TODD; VOLOTIN NORMAN

Abstract

Arundo donax ‘Nile Fiber’ is a new and unique cultivar characterized by its lack of serrated leaf margins, vigorous growth, dark purple bands below node sections, thick wall, ease in propagation, and usefulness in biomass production such as producing superior fiber for making pulp and paper.

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

The invention claimed is: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Arundo plant named ‘Nile Fiber’ substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP25177 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.