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US Plant Patent PP22140

Au Golden Tiger

Kiwi plant named ‘Au Golden Tiger’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 23, 2030.

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 PP22140, the photograph of Au Golden Tiger printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP22140, 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
PP22140
Filed
February 23, 2010
Granted
September 13, 2011
Expires
February 23, 2030
Assignee
UNIV AUBURN
Inventor
DOZIER JR WILLIAM ALFRED; WILKINS BRYAN SHELTON; PITTS JIM; HANSEN CURTIS JAY; SPIERS JAMES D

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of the species Actinidia chinesis Planch is described. This cultivar named ‘AU Golden Tiger’ was developed from seeds collected from an open pollinated ‘AU Golden Dragon’ fruit. The seedling has been reproduced by rooted cuttings and grafting and tested in replicated cultivar trials. It maintains all of its unique characteristics after each propagation. Its bloom period overlaps the bloom period of ‘AU Golden Sunshine’ and is the pollinizer for ‘AU Golden Sunshine’.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of the species Actinidia chinensis Planch named ‘AU Golden Tiger’ substantially as described and illustrated herein.

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