Correct, as far as a Plant Patent is concerned. In the past, the standard was lower, and if the seed-grown offspring resembled the patented plant, then the offspring was covered, but that was changed more than a decade ago, so that the only covered plants now must be clonal. Utility patents, however, are a different animal. With a utility patent, any seed-derived offspring is covered by the patent. Utility patents are generally only used for seed crops, such as vegetables, agronomic crops, and some bedding plants. Tony Avent Proprietor tony@jlbg.org<mailto:tony@jlbg.org> Juniper Level Botanic Garden<http://www.juniperlevelbotanicgarden.org/> and Plant Delights Nursery<http://www.plantdelights.com/> Ph 919.772.4794/fx 919.772.4752 9241 Sauls Road, Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 USA USDA Zone 7b/Winter 0-5 F/Summer 95-105F "Preserving, Studying, Propagating, and Sharing the World's Flora" [plant-delights-logo] Since 1988, Plant Delights Nursery is THE Source for unique, rare and native perennial plants. This message and its contents are confidential. If you received this message in error, do not use or rely upon it. Instead, please inform the sender and then delete it. Thank you. From: pbs [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net] On Behalf Of Hansen Nursery Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2018 2:35 PM To: 'Pacific Bulb Society' <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> Subject: Re: [pbs] Patents and trademarks Tony, Just to confirm, the patent laws for plants specifically refer to "asexual" reporduction. If I collect seeds and grow them on, these seeds are not covered by the plant patent laws? Robin Hansen Nursery robin@hansennursery.com<mailto:robin@hansennursery.com> --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus/ _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net<mailto:pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… ________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 6640 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…
