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US Plant Patent PP16747

Ganga

Mint plant Mentha spicata L. var.viridis christened as ‘Ganga’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 4, 2020. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 7, 2024, but this patent ends 1,372 days earlier — a terminal disclaimer gives term back. A source that calculates twenty years from filing would tell you this plant is still protected when it is already free.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16747, the photograph of Ganga printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16747, 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
PP16747
Filed
May 7, 2004
Granted
July 4, 2006
Expires
August 4, 2020
Assignee
DEPT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY INDIA
Inventor
KHANUJA SUMAN P S; KUMAR SUSHIL; SHASANY AJIT K; DHAWAN SUNITA; DAROKAR MAHENDRA P; TRIPATHY ARUN K; SATAPATHY SARITA; KUMAR TIRUPPADIRIPULIYUR R S; GUPTA VIVEK K; TRIPATHI ARVIND K; AWASTHI SOUMYA; PRAJAPATI VEENA; NAQVI ALI A; AGRAWAL KRISHNA K; BAHL JANAK R; SINGH ANIL K; AHMED ATEEQUE; BANSAL RAVI P; KRISHNA ALOK; SAIKIA DHARMENDRA

Abstract

The present invention relates to the development of a novel multiutility vigorously growing robust mint plant ‘Ganga’ of Mentha spicata L. var. viridis producing essential oil exhibiting anti-insect and anti-microbial activities and useful for agrochemical and pharmaceutical purposes.

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

1. A novel and distinct variety of Mentha spicata L. var. viridis plant, as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16747 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.