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US Plant Patent PP6906

Sun Dance

Corn plant named Sun Dance

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 4, 2007. 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.

The record

Patent number
PP6906
Filed
November 4, 1987
Granted
July 4, 1989
Expires
November 4, 2007

Abstract

A new variety of a corn plant distinguished by its drouth resistance, multiple types of inflorescence, bifurcated styles and profuse production of fruit, with up to five to ten ears being on one stem or culm.

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 corn plant, substantially as herein shown and described characterized by its profuse production of fruit, multiple types of inflorescence, bifurcated styles and resistance to drouth.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6906 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.