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US Plant Patent PP16294

Hokuto Shiro Ichigoukin

Bunashimeji mushroom plant named ‘Hokuto Shiro Ichigoukin’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 24, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 23, 2023. This patent earned 32 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16294, the photograph of Hokuto Shiro Ichigoukin printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16294, 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
PP16294
Filed
July 23, 2003
Granted
February 28, 2006
Expires
August 24, 2023
Assignee
HOKUTO SANGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Inventor
ISHII MAKOTO; IMAI HISAE; YAMAZAKI MIZUE

Abstract

The present variety of mushroom plant named ‘Hokuto Shiro Ichigoukin’ was produced by crossbreeding mutant fungal strains of two parent varieties, a + variety ‘Hokuto Hachigoukin’ and a − variety ‘Hokuto Jyunigoukin,’ after UV irradiation. This edible mushroom is not bitter, and can be cultivated anywhere a cultivation facility can be arranged.

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 Bunashimeji mushroom plant as illustrated or described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16294 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.