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US Plant Patent PP14212

Hortgem Toru

Kiwi plant named ‘Hortgem Toru’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 19, 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 PP14212, the photograph of Hortgem Toru printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14212, 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
PP14212
Filed
February 19, 2002
Granted
October 7, 2003
Expires
February 19, 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 AA01_01 of unknown parentage and a male A. arguta selection AA04_01 of unknown parentage. Both named parents (AA01_01 and AA04_01) are unpatented. The new variety is distinguished by its green hairless, edible skin, small fruit size, ovoid shape and sweet aromatic taste.

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 described and illustrated, characterised by small ovoid fruit with green hairless edible skin and green flesh with a sweet aromatic flavour.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14212 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.