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US Plant Patent PP16715

P.N. 20-18

Pistachio rootstock tree named ‘P.N. 20-18’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 13, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 23, 2024. This patent earned 112 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16715, the photograph of P.N. 20-18 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16715, 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
PP16715
Filed
March 23, 2004
Granted
June 27, 2006
Expires
July 13, 2024
Assignee
ANDERSON III HENRY P, PURYEAR KENNETH L
Inventor
ANDERSON III HENRY P; PURYEAR KENNETH L

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of pistachio tree, characterized by the rounded and upright growth of the plant and the glabrous and leathery characteristic of the foliage, which is particularly useful as a rootstock upon which commercial nut bearing pistachio varieties may be budded or grafted.

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 pistachio tree, identified as ‘P.N. 20-18’, substantially as shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16715 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.