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US Plant Patent PP25912

STO3

Cherry rootstock plant named ‘STO3’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 5, 2033.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 27, 2033. This patent earned 100 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP25912, the photograph of STO3 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP25912, 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
PP25912
Filed
August 27, 2013
Granted
September 22, 2015
Expires
December 5, 2033
Assignee
Peter Stoppel Obstbau
Inventor
STOPPEL PETER

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Prunus plant named ‘STO3,’ characterized by its upright plant habit and typical hybrid growth; good adaptation to hot and dry conditions; and as a rootstock, slow vegetative growth 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 ‘STO3,’ substantially as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP25912 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.