US Plant Patent PP31146
ASUKI
Citrus L. plant named ‘ASUKI’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends June 19, 2038.
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
- PP31146
- Filed
- June 19, 2018
- Granted
- December 3, 2019
- Expires
- June 19, 2038
- Assignee
- NAT AGRICULTURE & FOOD RES ORG
- Inventor
- YOSHIOKA TERUTAKA; YOSHIDA TOSHIO; NESUMI HIROHISA; OTA SATOSHI; KITA MASAYUKI; KUNIGA TAKESHI; NONOMURA MUTSUKO; NAKAJIMA NAOKO; HAMADA HIROKO; NONAKA KEISUKE; TAKISHITA FUMITAKA
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of Citrus L . plant named ‘ASUKI’, characterized by being late-maturing, having high brix and excellent taste, being easy to eat because of its soft segment membrane, having no occurrence of fruit rind puffing, and having less dripping of fruit juice.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of Citrus L . plant named ‘ASUKI’, as described and illustrated herein.
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