US Plant Patent PP16114

LC-52

Prunus plant named ‘LC-52’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 6, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 11, 2022. This patent earned 450 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16114, the photograph of LC-52 printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16114, 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: PP16114
Filed: January 11, 2002
Granted: November 15, 2005
Expires: April 6, 2023
Assignee: VARIETIES INTERNATIONAL LLC
Inventor: EREMIN GUENNADI

Abstract

A new and distinct rootstock variety of Prunus named ‘LC-52’ that is characterized by, the ability to serve well as rootstock that is compatible with all other cherries, wide leaves, semi-dwarf habit and hardiness to −15° Centigrade. In combination these traits set the new cultivar apart from all other existing varieties of Prunus rootstock.

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 Prunus plant named ‘LC-52’ as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16114 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.