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US Plant Patent PP36418

Mikanken16

Mandarin plant named ‘Mikanken16’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 8, 2044.

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 PP36418, the photograph of Mikanken16 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP36418, 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
PP36418
Filed
May 8, 2024
Granted
February 4, 2025
Expires
May 8, 2044
Assignee
EHIME PREFECTURE
Inventor
NAKATA HARUHITO; SHIGEMATSU YUKINORI; HYODO YOJI; MIDO HIROAKI; KIKUCHI TAKEHIRO; MASAMOTO YASUYUKI; SAKIMOTO TAKAE; YAKUSHIJI HIROMICHI; OKUSADA TAKEHIRO; NINOMIYA TAIZO; OKAMOTO MITSUTOSHI; YAMAMOTO SAKI; MIYOSHI SAKI; HIOKI TOYA; KINOSHITA KEI

Abstract

A new variety of Citrus ‘Mikanken16’ that has dark orange fruit color, no seeds, high juiciness, orange-like flavor, ease of peeling the fruit by hand, good appearance and good tasting qualities.

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 plant named ‘Mikanken16’, substantially as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP36418 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.