US Plant Patent PP9511
Furano No. 18
Hops named `Furano No. 18`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired July 7, 2014. 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
- PP9511
- Filed
- July 7, 1994
- Granted
- April 16, 1996
- Expires
- July 7, 2014
- Assignee
- SAPPORO BREWERIES
- Inventor
- TANIKOSHI TOKIO; ARAI YASUNORI; ITOGA YUTAKA; GOTO MASANOBU; SUDA NARUSHI
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of Hops, named Hokuto-Ace, is described, which matures rapidly, has excellent bitterness and aroma, and exhibits increased disease resistance, particularly toward downy mildew and gray mold.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
What is claimed as new and is desired to be secured by Letters Patent of the United States is: 1. A new and distinct variety of hops plant, substantially as described and claimed herein.
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