US Plant Patent PP7858
Akihime
Japanese plum tree Akihime
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired February 23, 2010. 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
- PP7858
- Filed
- February 23, 1990
- Granted
- April 28, 1992
- Expires
- February 23, 2010
Abstract
A Japanese plum tree characterized by high vigor and spreading tendency, producing a fruit which is round and very large (150-200 g) with a shallow suture and a short stalk, colored partially purplish red on yellow ground color with bloom. The fruit flesh is yellow, juicy, characterized by medium firmness, fine texture, high sugar content (Brix 13.65), and strong acidity (pH 3.5). The fruit ripens at mid-September, at approximately the same time as the known late-harvesting "Kelsey" variety of Japanese plum.
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 Japanese plum tree, substantially as illustrated and described herein, particularly characterized by producing large fruit covered with purple red on a yellow ground color, maturing as late as the known late-harvesting "Kelsey" variety of Japanese plum tree.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7858 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.