US Plant Patent PP26584

LMR2013

Rhubarb plant named ‘LMR2013’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends August 14, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 20, 2033. This patent earned 237 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP26584
Filed: December 20, 2013
Granted: April 5, 2016
Expires: August 14, 2034
Assignee: MONTECUCCO FARMS LLC
Inventor: MONTECUCCO EDWARD VIRGIL

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of rhubarb, Rheum rhabarbarum , characterized by foliage that doesn't senesce until temperatures get low enough for a hard frost (usually around 25 degrees F.), bright red petioles with excellent flavor and sweetness and vigorous growth.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Rheum rhabarbarum plant as herein shown and described.

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