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US Plant Patent PP20431

MC5

Apricot tree named ‘MC5’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends April 6, 2028.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 18, 2027. This patent earned 110 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP20431, the photograph of MC5 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP20431, 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
PP20431
Filed
December 18, 2007
Granted
October 20, 2009
Expires
April 6, 2028
Assignee
SDR FRUIT LLC
Inventor
SOUTHWICK STEPHEN M; DECALO DAVID

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of apricot tree denominated varietally as ‘MC5’ is described herein and which produces an attractively colored apricot fruit which is mature for harvesting and shipment approximately May 14–May 22 under the ecological conditions prevailing in the San Joaquin Valley of central California.

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 apricot tree substantially as illustrated and described and which is characterized principally as to novelty by producing an attractively colored apricot which is mature for harvesting and shipment approximately May 14–May 22 under the ecological conditions prevailing near Bakersfield, Calif.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP20431 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.