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US Plant Patent PP26086

C4-15-19

Mandarin tree named ‘C4-15-19’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 5, 2033.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 7, 2033. This patent earned 90 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP26086, the photograph of C4-15-19 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP26086, 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
PP26086
Filed
August 7, 2013
Granted
November 17, 2015
Expires
November 5, 2033
Assignee
FLORIDA FOUND SEED PRODUCERS INC
Inventor
GROSSER JUDE W

Abstract

An interploid cross (conventional breeding) of Sugar Belle® (patented as ‘LB8-9’, U.S. Plant Pat. No. 21,356) mandarin hybrid with a somatic hybrid of [‘Nova’ mandarin hybrid+‘Succari’ sweet orange], followed by embryo rescue, led to the recovery of the seedless triploid hybrid known as ‘C4-15-19’. Trees of ‘C4-15-19’ are productive, producing an attractive peelable tangerine fruit with robust sweet flavor, maturing in October/November under Florida conditions. Fruit size is small-to-medium, and quite uniform.

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 and distinct cultivar of mandarin tree as illustrated and described herein.

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