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US Plant Patent PP31862

Cliff Clone

Juglans rootstock named ‘Cliff Clone’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends October 16, 2038.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP31862, the photograph of Cliff Clone printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP31862, 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
PP31862
Filed
October 16, 2018
Granted
June 16, 2020
Expires
October 16, 2038
Assignee
BEUMEL CLIFFORD M, CONANT MATTHEW R
Inventor
BEUMEL CLIFFORD M; CONANT MATTHEW R

Abstract

A new and distinct Juglans cultivar named ‘Cliff Clone’ is disclosed, characterized by an increased propensity to thrive in sandy soils which have been replanted into walnut. Trees grown on the new rootstock variety have shown significantly better vigor as well as increased walnut production when planted in the presence of the pathogen Pratylenchus vulnus and in soil known to have walnut replant disorder. The new variety is a Juglans hindsii x regia, for use as a commercial rootstock for grafting or budding onto.

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

What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Juglans tree named ‘Cliff Clone’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP31862 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.