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US Plant Patent PP13612

KEDEM

Citrus tree named ‘KEDEM’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 20, 2020. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP13612, the photograph of KEDEM printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13612, 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
PP13612
Filed
November 20, 2000
Granted
March 4, 2003
Expires
November 20, 2020
Assignee
ISRAEL STATE
Inventor
VARDI ALIZA; SPIEGEL-ROY PINCHAS; FRYDMAN-SHANI AHUVA; ELCHANATI AVRAHAM; NEUMANN HANA

Abstract

A new variety of mandarin citrus is described that is distinguished by very early fruit ripening and by the orange-red color of the fruit exterior skin.

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 reticulata hybrid tree substantially as herein described and shown.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13612 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.