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US Plant Patent PP15995

VVA-1

Prunus plant named ‘VVA-1’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 4, 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 358 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15995, the photograph of VVA-1 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15995, 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
PP15995
Filed
January 11, 2002
Granted
September 27, 2005
Expires
January 4, 2023
Assignee
VARIETIES INTERNATIONAL LLC
Inventor
EREMIN GUENNADI

Abstract

A new and distinct rootstock variety of Prunus named ‘VVA-1’ that is characterized by a dwarf habit, resistance to low temperatures, the ability to serve well as rootstock that is compatible with other crops, and the ability to propagate well. 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 ‘VVA-1’, as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15995 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.