US Plant Patent PP15868
PC8011-3
Cherry tree ‘PC8011-3’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired September 8, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 14, 2023. This patent earned 25 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP15868
- Filed
- August 14, 2003
- Granted
- July 19, 2005
- Expires
- September 8, 2023
- Assignee
- UNIV WASHINGTON
- Inventor
- TOYAMA THOMAS
Abstract
A new cultivar of sweet cherry tree named ‘PC-8011-3’ is disclosed. The new cultivar is notable for its large, firm attractive blushed yellow fruit of excellent quality and flavor.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
1. A new and distinct cherry tree, substantially as shown and described herein.
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