US Plant Patent PP37170
HAYASE
Citrus l. plant named ‘HAYASE’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends January 24, 2045.
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
- PP37170
- Filed
- January 24, 2025
- Granted
- December 23, 2025
- Expires
- January 24, 2045
- Assignee
- NAT AGRICULTURE & FOOD RES ORG
- Inventor
- MATSUMOTO RYOJI; TAKAHARA TOSHIO; YOSHIOKA TERUTAKA; HIEHATA NAOFUMI; KUNIGA TAKESHI; IMAI ATSUSHI; OTA SATOSHI; FUKAMACHI HIROSHI; NONAKA KEISUKE; HAMADA HIROKO; GOTO SHINGO; HISANAGA AYAMI; WATANABE TOMOAKI
Abstract
A new variety of Citrus sp. tree ‘HAYASE’ that has medium tree habit in-between upright and spreading, spindle-shaped leaf blade with acuminate apex and acute base, vestigial wing, fruit with high diameter/height ratio (average 1.31) and medium to heavy weight (average 152.3 g), no neck, a flat distal part, bright orange (JHS 1305) skin color, thin peel thickness, easy to medium peeling, deep orange (JHS 1307) color when fresh, juicy when fresh, high sweetness, very few seeds, early maturity, and low acidity.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
We claim: 1 . A new and distinct variety of Citrus sp. tree named ‘HAYASE’, substantially as described and illustrated herein.
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