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US Plant Patent PP12426

Kosi

Mint plant named ‘Kosi’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 2, 2018. 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 6 of US plant patent PP12426, the photograph of Kosi printed in the patent.
Figure 6 from US Plant Patent PP12426, 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
PP12426
Filed
September 2, 1998
Granted
February 26, 2002
Expires
September 2, 2018
Assignee
COUNCIL SCIENT IND RES
Inventor
KUMAR SUSHIL; PATRA NIRMAL KUMAR; SINGH HEMENDRA PRATAP; KALRA ALOK; SINGH HARIKESH BAHADUR; RAM PALTOO; SINGH VED RAM; MENGI NARESHWAR; SINGH VIJAY PAL; RAM MUNI; SHUKLA RAM SAJIVAN; SINGH KAMBOD; SINGH APARBAL; KHANUJA SUMAN PREET SINGH; SHASANY AJIT KUMAR; NAQVI ARIF ALI; KUMAR BIRENDRA; SINGH MAN; RAJPUT DHARMENDRA KUMAR; RAM RAJA; SINGH JITENDRA PAL; KUMAR VIJAY; TANVEER HASAN; SHARMA SHEO RAM

Abstract

A novel mint plant "Kosi' characterized by its high menthol content, high biomass and high oil yield with symmetrical branching giving globular shape to the canopy for equal distribution of sunlight to the lower leaves.

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 mint plant, as herein described and

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12426 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.