US Plant Patent PP6338
Ripetri
Early-ripening "Ripetri" variety of Clementine tangerine
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired January 28, 2006. 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
- PP6338
- Filed
- January 28, 1986
- Granted
- October 18, 1988
- Expires
- January 28, 2006
- Inventor
- PETRIGNANI MICHEL
Abstract
A new variety of Clementine tangerine named "Ripetri", the principal characteristics of which lie its abundant production of early ripening seedless fruit. The shrubby development of the new variety makes it particularly well suited for dense field cultivation or dwarfed for potted shrub use.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new variety of Clementine tangerine cv. Ripetri and the parts thereof, substantially characterized as shown and described herein, by its everblooming and extremely fruitful characteristic from its youngest age; early ripening fruit endowed with pleasing organoleptic qualities; thin to medium thick skin and total aspermatism; and its suitability for dense field cultivation and dwarfing for potted use.
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