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US Plant Patent PP30964

Handa

Vanilla variety named ‘Handa’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 16, 2037.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 6, 2036. This patent earned 253 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP30964, the photograph of Handa printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP30964, 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
PP30964
Filed
July 6, 2016
Granted
October 22, 2019
Expires
March 16, 2037
Assignee
FRENCH AGRICULTURAL RES CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CIRAD
Inventor
GRISONI MICHEL; DIJOUX JEAN-BERNARD

Abstract

A new vanilla variety (Vanilla planifolia, vanilla orchid) designated as ‘Handa’ is provided that produces aromatic fruit having a suitable vanillin content and combines superior agronomic and technologic properties as compared to ordinary vanilla, notably resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. radicis vanillae, and indehiscence of the fruit.

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

The invention claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of vanilla plant designated ‘Handa’ as shown and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP30964 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.