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US Plant Patent PP23040

HIDshurtleff

Olea europaea tree named ‘HIDshurtleff’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 3, 2030.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 29, 2030. This patent earned 5 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP23040, the photograph of HIDshurtleff printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP23040, 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
PP23040
Filed
October 29, 2010
Granted
September 18, 2012
Expires
November 3, 2030
Inventor
SHURTLEFF BLAIR

Abstract

A variety of olive tree, named ‘HIDshurtleff’. The ‘HIDshurtleff’ is an ornamental olive tree having a bright green leaf with a smooth texture and increased width and length, a very long weeping characteristic, extremely low leaf/material drop, and very hardy wind, animal and drought characteristics.

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 ornamental olive tree, substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP23040 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.