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US Plant Patent PP23068

Merbeingold 2336

Mandarin tree named ‘Merbeingold 2336’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 27, 2027.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 19, 2030, but this patent ends 1,333 days earlier — a terminal disclaimer gives term back. A source that calculates twenty years from filing would tell you this plant is still protected when it is already free.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP23068, the photograph of Merbeingold 2336 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP23068, 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
PP23068
Filed
November 19, 2010
Granted
September 25, 2012
Expires
March 27, 2027
Assignee
COMMW SCIENT IND RES ORG, SYKES STEPHEN RICHARD
Inventor
SYKES STEPHEN RICHARD

Abstract

‘Merbeingold 2336’ is a new Australian variety of mandarin. It was selected from the progeny obtained following a controlled pollination of ‘Imperial’ mandarinבEllendale’ tangor in 1984. It was selected because it is pollen sterile, strongly parthenocarpic and yields seedless fruits, which are sweet, juicy and easy-to-peel. Fruit maturity is early-to-mid season in the Murray Valley of Australia. Internally, the flesh of ‘Merbeingold 2336’ is attractive, orange in colour and tender with soft segment walls.

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

1. A new and distinct pollen sterile, parthenocarpic mandarin tree named ‘Merbeingold 2336’ as illustrated and described.

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