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US Plant Patent PP17396

Broncoh

Mushroom variety named ‘Broncoh’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 25, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 19, 2024. This patent earned 67 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17396, the photograph of Broncoh printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17396, 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
PP17396
Filed
May 19, 2004
Granted
February 6, 2007
Expires
July 25, 2024
Inventor
SONNENBERG ANTON

Abstract

A new and distinct Agaricus bisporus Imbach mushroom cultivar known by the variety name ‘Broncoh’ that has a yield that is on average 25-28% higher than the present-day commercial brown strains and produces fruiting bodies which are firm and have a good shelf life.

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 Agaricus bisporus Imbach mushroom substantially as shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17396 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.