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US Plant Patent PP23739

Black Majesty IV

Interspecific tree named ‘Black Majesty IV’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 23, 2032.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 8, 2031. This patent earned 77 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP23739, the photograph of Black Majesty IV printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP23739, 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
PP23739
Filed
December 8, 2011
Granted
July 16, 2013
Expires
February 23, 2032
Assignee
BRADFORD LOWELL GLEN
Inventor
BRADFORD LOWELL GLEN

Abstract

The present invention relates to a interspecific tree and more particularly to a new and distinct variety broadly characterized by a medium size, moderately vigorous, hardy, and productive tree. Being self-unfruitful, the present variety requires cross pollination from an apricot, interspecific, or plum that blooms during the mid to late season. The present variety produces a very heavy bloom with a moderate amount of pollen to entice good bee activity to facilitate pollination. The fruit matures under the ecological conditions described during the latter half of July, with first picking on Jul. 23, 2011. The fruit is uniformly large in size, blackish red in skin color, clingstone in type, fairly globose in shape, orange to yellow in flesh color, firm in texture, and sweet in flavor.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of interspecific tree, substantially as illustrated and described, that is most similar to ‘Blackred III’ interspecific (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 18,668) by being self-unfruitful and by producing fruit that is nearly black in skin color, that is similar in size, that is juicy and firm, and that is sweet, but is distinguished therefrom by flowering much later and by producing fruit that is almost entirely yellow instead of pink in flesh color, and that matures about five days earlier.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP23739 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.