US Plant Patent PP8132

Brooks-60

Cherry tree rootstock `Brooks-60`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 9, 2010. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 30, 2011, but this patent ends 598 days earlier — a terminal disclaimer gives term back. A source that calculates twenty years from filing would tell you this plant is still protected when it is already free.

The record

Patent number: PP8132
Filed: September 30, 1991
Granted: February 9, 1993
Expires: February 9, 2010

Abstract

This is a new and distinct cherry tree, given the varietal name of "Brooks-60 cultivar", which will be marketed as "MXM-60." It is characterized by its exceptional resistance to Phytophthora and its precocity.

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

I claim: 1. A cherry tree rootstock plant substantially as herein described and illustrated.

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