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US Plant Patent PP20524

Anytime Squash

Cucurbita variety plant named ‘Anytime Squash’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends June 29, 2027.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 23, 2027. This patent earned 98 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP20524, the photograph of Anytime Squash printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP20524, 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
PP20524
Filed
March 23, 2007
Granted
December 8, 2009
Expires
June 29, 2027
Inventor
ELFERS ELKE; ELFERS URUSLA

Abstract

A variety of Cucurbita quisquam squash having a sprawling vine bearing squash fruit.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of Cucurbita quisquam squash plant names ‘anytime squash’ substantially as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP20524 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.