US Plant Patent PP36743

UF 1859

Citrus plant named ‘UF 1859’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends June 5, 2044.

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

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The record

Patent number: PP36743
Filed: June 5, 2024
Granted: June 17, 2025
Expires: June 5, 2044
Assignee: FLORIDA FOUND SEED PRODUCERS INC
Inventor: GMITTER JR FREDERICK

Abstract

A new and distinct seedless, sweet orange-mandarin hybrid, with distinctive shape and color, that can be harvested through a season extending for at least three months. The new citrus cultivar, named ‘UF 1859’, also appears to be more tolerant to HLB than most mandarin varieties, showing standard leaf, foliage, and fruit morphology and dense foliage despite being CLas positive.

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 Citrus plant named ‘UF 1859’ as illustrated and described herein.

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