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US Plant Patent PP27475

Ecuadorian Sativa

Cannabis plant named ‘Ecuadorian Sativa’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends April 30, 2032.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 13, 2030. This patent earned 779 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP27475, the photograph of Ecuadorian Sativa printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP27475, 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
PP27475
Filed
March 13, 2010
Granted
December 20, 2016
Expires
April 30, 2032
Inventor
KUBBY STEVEN WYNN

Abstract

Unique herbaceous annual ‘ Cannabis sativa ’ female plants, having numerous glandular flowers in a congested and elongated inflorescence, hollow stems a characteristic of the fiber-producing strains of ‘ Cannabis sativa ssp. sativa ’ but absent in strains of ‘ Cannabis sativa ssp. indica .’ The plants are intoxicating, characteristic of ‘ Cannabis sativa , ssp. indica ’, but absent in subspecies sativa . The new strain has energizing and motivating psychoactive effects as opposed to the lethargy normally associated with ssp. indica and show hypotensive effects. Morphologically, the plants have a few branched hairs on the stem that are not characteristic of the species, but are ordinary in most other respects.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of ‘ Cannabis ’ plant, as shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP27475 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.