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US Plant Patent PP21581

Safor

Mandarin orange tree named ‘Safor’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends June 18, 2029.

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 PP21581, the photograph of Safor printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP21581, 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
PP21581
Filed
June 18, 2009
Granted
December 21, 2010
Expires
June 18, 2029
Assignee
IVIA
Inventor
NAVARRO LUIS; JUAREZ JOSE; ALEZA PABLO; CUENCA JOSE; JULVE JOSE MANUEL; PINA JOSE ANTONIO

Abstract

A new and distinct triploid Citrus hybrida cultivar is provided that is the product of controlled cross-pollination of two diploid parental plants. The new cultivar forms attractive seedless obloid-shaped, medium-late-maturing fruit with a convex base having an excellent mildly acidic flavor. The leaves are dark green in coloration. The growth habit is vigorous and erect-drooping.

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

1. A triploid Mandarin Orange hybrid plant having the following combination of characteristics: (a) displays a vigorous and erect-drooping growth habit, (b) forms dark green leaves, and (c) forms attractive easy-to-peel seedless obloid-shaped dark orange medium-late-maturing fruit having a convex base with an excellent mildly acidic flavor; substantially as herein shown and described.

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