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US Plant Patent PP24315

MeKong Giant

Musa plant named ‘MeKong Giant’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends August 4, 2032.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 13, 2032. This patent earned 52 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP24315, the photograph of MeKong Giant printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP24315, 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
PP24315
Filed
June 13, 2012
Granted
March 18, 2014
Expires
August 4, 2032
Assignee
WILLIAMS BRIAN PAUL, BRIAN S BOTAN
Inventor
WILLIAMS BRIAN PAUL

Abstract

A new cultivar of Musa plant named ‘MeKong Giant’, that is characterized by its large green leaves with red coloration on the lower surface of the young leaves, its very fast growth habit and large stature, its good cold hardiness, its thick trunks that are streaked with dark pink to dark maroon with age, and its large underground rhizomes with new growth that returns quickly from winter dormancy.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Musa plant named ‘MeKong Giant’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP24315 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.