US Plant Patent PP22777
W47
Actinidia chinensis plant named ‘W47’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends December 9, 2030.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

The record
- Patent number
- PP22777
- Filed
- December 9, 2010
- Granted
- June 12, 2012
- Expires
- December 9, 2030
- Assignee
- SKELTON DONALD
- Inventor
- SKELTON DONALD
Abstract
A new and distinct Actinidia chinensis cultivar named ‘W47’ is disclosed, characterized by having distinctive yellow flesh fruit, and a very late seasonal harvest time in New Zealand. Additionally, the new variety produces fruit with very soft, downy pubescence and with a distinctive blunt, slightly protruding stylar end shape and square shoulders. The new variety is suitable for commercial production of kiwi fruit.
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1. A new and distinct cultivar of Actinidia chinensis plant named ‘W47’ as herein illustrated and described.
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