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US Plant Patent PP27141

Wepster

Corylus plant named ‘Wepster’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends October 17, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 19, 2033. This patent earned 332 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP27141, the photograph of Wepster printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP27141, 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
PP27141
Filed
November 19, 2013
Granted
September 13, 2016
Expires
October 17, 2034
Assignee
MEHLENBACHER SHAWN A, MCCLUSKEY REBECCA L, SMITH DAVID C, STATE OF OREGON ACTING BY AND THROUGH THE STATE BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION ON BEHALF OF OREGON STATE
Inventor
MEHLENBACHER SHAWN A; SMITH DAVID C; MCCLUSKEY REBECCA L

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Corylus plant named ‘Wepster’ characterized by high vigor and an upright-spreading plant habit, yellowish-green developing and fully expanded leaves during the spring and summer, resistance to eastern filbert blight caused by the fungus Anisogramma anomala (Peck) E. Müller, presence of random amplified polymorphic DNA markers 152-800 and 268-580 amplified by the polymerase chain reaction and which are linked to a dominant allele for resistance to eastern filbert blight from the cultivar Gasaway, expression of incompatibility alleles S 1 and S 2 in the styles, and DNA fingerprints at 8 of 20 microsatellite marker loci differ from both parents OSU 440.005 and ‘Tonda Pacifica’, and from one parent at an additional 12 marker loci.

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

We claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Corylus plant named ‘Wepster’, as illustrated and described.

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