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US Plant Patent PP26424

Poquito

Musa plant named ‘Poquito’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 2, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 5, 2033. This patent earned 117 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP26424, the photograph of Poquito printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP26424, 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
PP26424
Filed
November 5, 2013
Granted
February 23, 2016
Expires
March 2, 2034
Assignee
ITSAUL PLANTS LLC, SAUL ROBERT MARK, SNODGRASS EDMUND C
Inventor
SNODGRASS EDMUND C; SAUL ROBERT MARK

Abstract

A new cultivar of Musa plant named ‘Poquito’, that is characterized by its dwarf plant habit, its young foliage that emerges green in color, develops red spots, and then progresses to a solid green color in mature leaves, its pseudostem that is red in color and bulbous at the base, its production of offsets during the first year of growth, and its foliage that is highly resistant to shredding in the wind.

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 ‘Poquito’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP26424 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.