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US Plant Patent PP14625

Hortgem Rua

Kiwi plant named ‘Hortgem Rua’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 25, 2022. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14625, the photograph of Hortgem Rua printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14625, 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
PP14625
Filed
February 25, 2002
Granted
March 23, 2004
Expires
February 25, 2022
Assignee
HORTICULTURE & FOOD RES INST
Inventor
MCNEILAGE MARK A; BEATSON RON A; MACRAE ELSPETH A

Abstract

A new and distinct kiwi plant of the species Actinidia arguta (Sieb. & Zucc.) Planch. ex Miq. var. arguta is described. The variety results from a controlled pollination using a female A. arguta selection AAME01_01 (unpatented) and a male A. arguta selection AAME01_05 (unpatented). The fruit of this new variety has an attractive appearance (both internal and external) characterised by its green hairless, edible skin with red-centered flesh at maturity, small fruit size, oblong shape, and sweet aromatic taste. The new variety has been named ‘Hortgem Rua’.

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

We claim. 1. A new and distinct kiwi plant of the species A. arguta substantially as herein described and illustrated, characterised by its green hairless, edible skin with red-centered flesh at maturity, small fruit size, oblong shape, and sweet aromatic taste.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14625 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.