US Plant Patent PP12404

YCR Accession No. 5

Hop plant named YCR Accession No. 5

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 6, 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.

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The record

Patent number: PP12404
Filed: April 6, 1999
Granted: February 12, 2002
Expires: April 6, 2019
Assignee: YAKIMA CHIEF RANCHES INC
Inventor: ZIMMERMANN CHARLES E

Abstract

A new hop plant variety is disclosed. The variety is a cultivar of recent origin, used for its bittering and aromatic properties. The new variety is moderately tolerant to powdery mildew and Sphaerotheca. The new variety produces a medium size cone with good pickability and storageability. The cones mature relatively late, and crop yield is 2750 to 3000 pounds per acre (3080 to 3360 kg/ha).

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

I claim: 1. A new variety of hop plant substantially as herein shown and described.

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