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US Plant Patent PP26084

Mac12/54

Apricot tree named ‘Mac12/54’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 2, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 26, 2033. This patent earned 190 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP26084, the photograph of Mac12/54 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP26084, 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
PP26084
Filed
June 26, 2013
Granted
November 17, 2015
Expires
January 2, 2034
Assignee
NZ INST PLANT & FOOD RES LTD
Inventor
NIXON ARLENE E; MALONE MICHAEL T

Abstract

A new and distinct apricot variety is described. The variety results from selection among a population of seedlings derived from controlled crossing of the varieties ‘Bhart’ (not patented), marketed as Orangered™, and an unreleased selection (not patented) which was the result of crossing ‘Cluthagold’ (not patented) and ‘Late Moorpark’ (not patented). The new variety is distinguished from others by the late harvest date and rose/red overcolor of the mature fruit accompanied by mid orange colored firm flesh with high soluble solids content. Fruit of ‘Mac12/54’ matures in early to mid February in Otago, New Zealand.

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 apricot plant substantially as herein illustrated and described.

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