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US Plant Patent PP10641

CSS 02 Minerva-Sonnoli

Olive tree `CSS 02 Minerva-Sonnoli`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 26, 2016. 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
PP10641
Filed
November 26, 1996
Granted
October 13, 1998
Expires
November 26, 2016
Inventor
SONNOLI JR ATTILIO

Abstract

The present invention comprises a new and distinct selection of Olea europea L. (popularly known as an olive tree), hereinafter referred to as Olea europaea cultivar Minerva. Olea europaea differs distinctively from other olives due to its unique combination of its resistance to olive knot and cold temperatures, early entry into production, and its high yield of good quality oil with exceptional organoleptic qualities.

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 tree as substantially shown and described herein, that is characterized particularly as being highly disease and cold resistant, and yielding high quality, organoleptic oil.

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