US Plant Patent PP17984
Hokuto NT-100
Mushroom named ‘Hokuto NT-100’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired February 13, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 6, 2024. This patent earned 69 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP17984
- Filed
- December 6, 2004
- Granted
- September 4, 2007
- Expires
- February 13, 2025
- Assignee
- HOKUTO CORP
- Inventor
- NAGANUMA HITOMI; TOMINAGA ERIKO
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of mushroom, named Hokuto NT-100, is described, which mushroom has the following characteristics: large cap, thick meat, nice consistency, nice taste, uniform growth when cultivated in a facility, and suitable for bottle cultivation. The variety of mushroom named Hokuto NT-100 was developed from mushrooms related to Hokuto MY-95 and Hokuto MY-75, which are registered varieties of a Japanese corporation and a wild variety found in Aomori Prefecture of Japan.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
1. A new and distinct variety of mushroom, substantially as described and illustrated herein.
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