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US Plant Patent PP35444

BL516

Avocado tree named ‘BL516’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 4, 2042.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP35444, the photograph of BL516 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP35444, 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
PP35444
Filed
February 4, 2022
Granted
October 31, 2023
Expires
February 4, 2042
Assignee
UNIV CALIFORNIA
Inventor
MARTIN GRAY E; BERGH BERTHOLD O; STOTTLEMYER DAVID; FOCHT ERIC D; ARPAIA MARY LU

Abstract

‘BL516’ is a new and distinct variety of Persea americana tree. The variety exhibits an upright growth habit with strongly drooping branches; and forms pyriform, slightly obovate or occasionally rhomboidal shaped generally black-skinned fruit when ripe that lack shoulders and is well distributed around the tree. The fruit is comparable in size to that of the ‘Hass’ variety and matures slightly later then the fruit of the ‘Hass’ variety. ‘BL516’ fruit has yellow-green flesh of excellent eating quality that is free of obvious fibers. The ‘BL516’ variety forms leaves in greater quantity than the ‘Hass’ variety and displays moderate resistance to the Persea mite.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

What is claimed: 1. A new and distinct variety of avocado tree named ‘BL516’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP35444 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.