US Plant Patent PP13951

Doty

Cherry tree named ‘Doty’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 13, 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 PP13951, the photograph of Doty printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13951, 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: PP13951
Filed: July 13, 2001
Granted: July 8, 2003
Expires: July 13, 2021
Inventor: DOTY ROBIN

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of sweet cherry, Prunus avium L., denominated ‘Doty’, which is similar to Rainier (not patented) but which matures 7 to 10 days earlier and has other differences in flower and fruit characteristics as described herein.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of cherry tree as herein shown and described.

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