US Plant Patent PP15309

Merensky 2

Avocado tree named ‘Merensky 2’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 25, 2021. 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 PP15309, the photograph of Merensky 2 printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15309, 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: PP15309
Filed: October 25, 2001
Granted: November 9, 2004
Expires: October 25, 2021
Assignee: KOEHNE JOSEF STEFAN
Inventor: KOEHNE JOSEF STEFAN

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of avocado tree having many characteristics similar to those of ‘Duke 7’ that is characterized by strong resistance to Phytophthora cinnamoni, and which bears more fruits than the ‘Duke 7’ variety when ‘Hass’ is grafted thereon.

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

What is claimed is: 1. An avocado tree as shown and described, characterized by superior resistance to root rot, and bearing more fruit when ‘Hass’ is grafted thereon than ‘Hass’ grown on ‘Duke 7’.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15309 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.