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US Plant Patent PP5649

Monher

Olea europaea cv. Monher

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 23, 2004. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

The record

Patent number
PP5649
Filed
July 23, 1984
Granted
January 28, 1986
Expires
July 23, 2004
Inventor
HERMAN JULIAN

Abstract

A new and distinct selection of Olea europaea Linnaeus (popularly known as an Olive tree) which hereinafter shall be referred to as Olea europaea cultivar Monher. Olea europaea cv. Monher differs from other selections of Olea europaea by possessing unique combinations of more corolla lobes per flower, a lighter green color of foliage, foliage which is longer, more narrow and thinner in texture, and a finer textured appearance to the overall habit of the tree and lack of fruit.

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 selection of Olea europaea as substantially shown and described herein, characterized particularly as to novelty by the unique combination of more corolla lobes per flower, a lighter green color of foliage, foliage which is longer, more narrow and thinner in texture and a finer and more open appearance to the overall habit of the tree and lack of fruit.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5649 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.