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US Plant Patent PP27602

Ochoco Mint

Mint plant ‘Ochoco Mint’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 18, 2036.

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 PP27602, the photograph of Ochoco Mint printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP27602, 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
PP27602
Filed
May 18, 2016
Granted
January 24, 2017
Expires
May 18, 2036
Assignee
ESSEX LABORATORIES INC
Inventor
ROBERTS DONALD D

Abstract

Mint selection 14-41-16 denominated ‘Ochoco Mint’ is a new Mentha sp. cultivar that produces an essential oil different in composition than commercially grown mint varieties. The essential oil is similar to standard mint oil in components composition but differs in the typical ratio of components. Organoleptically, it differs from typical peppermint oil. It is resistant to mint rust and more resistant to Verticillium mint wilt than current commercially grown varieties of M. arvensis.

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 peppermint plant, substantially as shown and described, characterized particularly by improving resistance to mint rust and mint wilt, and producing a unique essential oil.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP27602 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.