US Plant Patent PP15650

Piku 4

Prunus Tree Rootstock named ‘Piku 4’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 18, 2022. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 1, 2022. This patent earned 140 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15650, the photograph of Piku 4 printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15650, 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: PP15650
Filed: May 1, 2002
Granted: March 15, 2005
Expires: September 18, 2022
Assignee: BUNDESANSTALT FUR ZUCHTUNGSTOR
Inventor: WOLFRAM BRIGITTE

Abstract

A new and distinct Prunus rootstock compatible with other Prunus varieties and producing trees with reduced growth, suitable to sandy soil with high productivity.

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 rootstock named ‘Piku 4’ substantially as shown and described.

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