US Plant Patent PP9235
Ariake
Citrus tree `Ariake`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired March 16, 2014. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
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
- PP9235
- Filed
- March 16, 1994
- Granted
- August 8, 1995
- Expires
- March 16, 2014
- Assignee
- FRUIT TREE RESEARCH STATION MI
- Inventor
- OKUDAI NAOMI; OIYAMA IWAO; MATSUMOTO RYOJI; TAKAHARA TOSHIO; YAMAMOTO MASASHI; ISHIUCHI DENJI; ASADA KENSUKE; IKEMIYA HIDEKAZU; MURATA HIRONO; YAMADA YOSHIO
Abstract
Disclosed is a citrus tree having a moderate spreading vigor, and bearing medium size and compressed round shaped fruit with a deep orange skin color and a low acidity. This new and distinct variety of citrus tree is an early maturing citrus cultivar, is fairly resistant to diseases, was bred by a crossing of "Seike navel" (the seed parent) and "Clementine" (the pollen parent), bears good quality fruit, and is an excellent citrus cultivar.
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 tree, substantially as illustrated and described herein, characterized over known citrus trees by (A) having a moderate vigor with a growth habit of spreading; (B) having a medium compressed round type fruit, with a deep orange skin color, and a smooth skin; wherein said fruit is moderately peeled; and the flesh of the fruit has a soft texture, a moderate orange flavor and a low acidity, is juicy and sweet; and seedless; and thus said fruit is suitable as table fruit; (C) having a relatively strong resistance to diseases.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9235 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.