ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. PP37,300, issued on March 3, was assigned to GREENMONT MOTHER PATENT LLC (Charlottesville, Va.).
"Hop plant named 'Greenmont Mother'" was invented by James B. Murray Jr. (Charlottesville, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "'Greenmont Mother' is a strong, robust hop plant, light yellowish green in color with smaller leaves in comparison to other hops and reaches the full height of over 18 feet (5.5 meters) commercial hop trellis with moderate foliage and long sidearms, with cones, that once fully matured, measure 1.5 inches-2.0 inches (3.81 cm to 5.08 cm), are abundant on the bine, and have an herbal and citrus, tea-like aroma, with low alph...