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US Plant Patent PP15957

VSV-1

Prunus plant named ‘VSV-1’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 15, 2022. 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 308 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15957, the photograph of VSV-1 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15957, 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
PP15957
Filed
January 11, 2002
Granted
September 13, 2005
Expires
November 15, 2022
Assignee
VARIETIES INTERNATIONAL LLC
Inventor
EREMIN GUENNADI

Abstract

A new and distinct rootstock variety of Prunus named ‘VSV-1’ that is characterized by vigor and strength, the ability to serve well as rootstock that is compatible with peach and plum, resistance to drought, cold and heat and the ability to propagate well by stool beds in addition to other methods. 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 ‘VSV-1’ as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15957 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.