US Plant Patent PP27604

Teton Mint

Mint plant ‘Teton 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.

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The record

Patent number: PP27604
Filed: May 18, 2016
Granted: January 24, 2017
Expires: May 18, 2036
Assignee: ESSEX LABORATORIES INC
Inventor: ROBERTS DONALD D

Abstract

Mint selection 14-27-89, denominated ‘Teton 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 Mentha piperita peppermint oil.

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

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