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US Plant Patent PP32076

ZES008

Kiwifruit plant named ‘ZES008’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 2, 2039.

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 PP32076, the photograph of ZES008 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP32076, 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
PP32076
Filed
May 2, 2019
Granted
August 18, 2020
Expires
May 2, 2039
Assignee
ZESPRI GROUP LTD
Inventor
LOWE RUSSELL

Abstract

A new, distinct, and stable variety of the plant Actinidia chinensis var. chinensis is disclosed. The variety of plant results from the selection among a population of seedlings derived from crossing the kiwifruit selections known as ‘ZES006’ and CK51_09 (unpatented). The variety of plant is characterized by a medium-weight, high sweetness fruit with a dark, very strong spread of reddish color along the locules. The new variety of plant has been named ‘ZES008’.

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

What is claimed is: 1. A new, distinct, and stable kiwifruit plant substantially as herein described and illustrated, characterized by a medium-weight, high sweetness fruit with a dark, very strong spread of reddish color along the locules.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP32076 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.