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US Plant Patent PP36907

Mikanken4

Mandarin plant named ‘Mikanken4’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 12, 2044.

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
PP36907
Filed
November 12, 2024
Granted
September 2, 2025
Expires
November 12, 2044
Inventor
KITA KEIJI; 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; SUGAWARA DAIJIRO

Abstract

A new variety of citrus ‘Mikanken4’ that has dark orange fruit color, without 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 named ‘Mikanken4’, substantially as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP36907 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.