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US Plant Patent PP16496

Sexton

Walnut tree named ‘Sexton’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 8, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 17, 2024. This patent earned 21 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16496, the photograph of Sexton printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16496, 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
PP16496
Filed
September 17, 2004
Granted
May 2, 2006
Expires
October 8, 2024
Assignee
UNIV CALIFORNIA
Inventor
MCGRANAHAN GALE; LESLIE CHARLES

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of walnut tree denominated ‘Sexton’ is described. This new cultivar comes into bearing young and produces well mid-season. It bears a jumbo sized nut with a strong, well filled shell which is easily removed and contains light to extra light colored kernels with little size variation in a given harvest. The new tree also shows low susceptibility to walnut blight.

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 walnut tree substantially as shown and described herein.

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