US Plant Patent PP13720

Aquamint

Mint plant named ‘Aquamint’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 6, 2021. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP13720, the photograph of Aquamint printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13720, 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: PP13720
Filed: November 6, 2001
Granted: April 8, 2003
Expires: November 6, 2021
Assignee: PREMIER BOTAN LTD
Inventor: ROBERTS DONALD D

Abstract

A new and distinctive variety of a water mint plant of the species botanically known as Mentha×aquatica L, named ‘Aquamint’ which has an upright growth habit, produces a unique mint oil and is resistant to mint rust caused by Puccinia menthae and mint wilt caused by Verticillium dahliae .

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Mentha×aquatica L. plant named ‘Aquamint’ substantially as shown and described herein.

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