US Plant Patent PP10935
Himalaya
Mini plant Mentha arvensis `Himalaya`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired April 22, 2017. 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
- PP10935
- Filed
- April 22, 1997
- Granted
- June 1, 1999
- Expires
- April 22, 2017
- Assignee
- COUNCIL SCIENT IND RES
- Inventor
- KUMAR SUSHIL; TYAGI BALI RAM; BAHL JANAK RAJ; SINGH HARI; SINGH VIKRAM; UJAGIR RAM; KHANUJA SUMAN PREET SINGH; SHASANY AJIT KUMAR; SHUKLA RAM SAJIVAN; SATTAR ABDUL; SINGH DWIJENDRA; HASEEB AKHTAR; SINGH VIJAY PAL; RAM PALTOO; SINGH KAMBOD; SINGH SAUDAN; SINGH SURENDRA PRATAP; PATRA NIRMAL KUMAR; ALAM MANSOOR; NAQVI ARIF ALI; RAM MUNI; AGARWAL KRISHAN KUMAR; SINGH KAILASH
Abstract
A new and distinct hybrid plant named `Himalaya` (Mentha arvensis) characterized by its higher yield of oil which is rich in menthol, improved regeneration potential, vigorous growth, deep green broad thick leaves, pinkish white flowers and tolerance to rust such as alternaria leaf blight, corynespora leaf spot and powdery mildew.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
We claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of hybrid Mentha arvensis plant, as described and illustrated, and having the following characteristics: (a) the hybrid being a cross between two Mentha arvensis cultivars, CIMAP/MAH-9 (cv. Gomti) and CIMAP/HY-77 (cv. Kalka), (b) the hybrid having deep green (138B), broad, leathery leaves, (c) the hybrid having an inherited regeneration quality in second harvest from the female parent CIMAP/MAH-9 (cv. Gomti), (d) the hybrid being resistant to leaf rust and alternaria leaf blight and tolerant to corynospora leaf spot and powery mildew and (e) the hybrid having a unique RAPD profile against the primers MAP01 to MAP12.
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