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US Plant Patent PP12761

Melany

Garlic plant named ‘Melany’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 4, 2019. 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.

Figure 4 of US plant patent PP12761, the photograph of Melany printed in the patent.
Figure 4 from US Plant Patent PP12761, 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
PP12761
Filed
June 4, 1999
Granted
July 9, 2002
Expires
June 4, 2019
Assignee
GROOT & SLOT BEHEER B V DE
Inventor
DE GROOT HENK

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of garlic plant named ‘Melany’, characterized by early harvesting of the plant, high yield of bulbs, disease-free vegetation, presence of flower scape, and vigorous foliage that develops quicker and has more volume than comparative cultivars.

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 cultivar of garlic plant named ‘Melany’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12761 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.