US Plant Patent PP21568

Morgan Sunrise Navel

Citrus tree named ‘Morgan Sunrise Navel’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 20, 2029.

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: PP21568
Filed: May 20, 2009
Granted: December 14, 2010
Expires: May 20, 2029
Assignee: MORGAN BILLY MAC
Inventor: MORGAN BILLY MAC

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of citrus tree ( Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck), which has the variety denomination ‘Morgan Sunrise Navel’, and which produces a sweet fruit which is mature for harvesting and shipment approximately February 10 to April 15, under the ecological conditions prevailing in the San Joaquin Valley of central California.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new distinct variety of citrus tree, ‘Morgan Sunrise Navel’, substantially as herein illustrated and described.

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