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US Plant Patent PP25892

STO2

Cherry rootstock plant named ‘STO2’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 26, 2033.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 27, 2033. This patent earned 91 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP25892, the photograph of STO2 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP25892, 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
PP25892
Filed
August 27, 2013
Granted
September 15, 2015
Expires
November 26, 2033
Inventor
STOPPEL PETER

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Prunus plant named ‘STO2,’ characterized by its weeping plant habit and typical slow growth; good adaptation at hot and dry conditions; and as a rootstock, slow vegetative growth that imparts uniformity, higher yield and better fertility to the grafted variety as compared to a standard rootstock such as Gisela 5, F12/1 and Mazzard.

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

What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Prunus cerasus L.× P.×schmittii Rehder plant named ‘STO2,’ substantially as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP25892 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.