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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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15868, the photograph of PC8011-3 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15868, 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
PP15868
Filed
August 14, 2003
Granted
July 19, 2005
Expires
September 8, 2023
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.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15868 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.