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US Plant Patent PP37125

Mikanken14

Mandarin plant named ‘Mikanken14’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends April 18, 2045.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

The record

Patent number
PP37125
Filed
April 18, 2025
Granted
December 9, 2025
Expires
April 18, 2045
Inventor
OKUSADA TAKEHIRO; OKAMOTO MITSUTOSHI; SHIGEMATSU YUKINORI; NINOMIYA TAIZO; HYODO YOJI; YAKUSHIJI HIROMICHI; SAKIMOTO TAKAE; MIYOSHI SAKI; YAMAMOTO SAKI; HIOKI TOYA; MASAMOTO YASUYUKI; KINOSHITA KEI; NAKATA HARUHITO; KIKUCHI TAKEHIRO; SUGAWARA DAIJIRO; MIDO HIROAKI

Abstract

A new variety of Citrus sp. plant named ‘Mikanken14’ that has vivid orange as the surface predominant color of the fruit, strong orange as main color of the flesh, and very early to early maturity of the fruit for consumption.

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

The invention claimed is: 1 . A new and distinct variety of Citrus sp. plant named ‘Mikanken14’, substantially as described and illustrated herein.

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