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US Plant Patent PP15386

Brown

Sweet cherry tree named ‘Brown’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 11, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15386, the photograph of Brown printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15386, 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
PP15386
Filed
December 11, 2003
Granted
November 30, 2004
Expires
December 11, 2023
Inventor
BROWN ROBERT

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of sweet cherry, Prunus avium L., denominated ‘Brown’, which is a late-ripening mutation of the well-known ‘Bing’ variety. This mutation ripens 22 to 24 days after ‘Bing’ and is distinct from it, not only in maturity but also in other characteristics.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct variety of cherry tree as described and illustrated herein, characterized by its maturity 22 to 24 days later than ‘Bing’ and by a lighter-colored circle around the base of the stem, unlike its parent ‘Bing’, or the late-maturing variety ‘Staccato’ with which it matures.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15386 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.