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US Plant Patent PP8378

Mor

Mandarin tree names Mor

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 20, 2011. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

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
PP8378
Filed
September 20, 1991
Granted
September 14, 1993
Expires
September 20, 2011

Abstract

A new variety of mandarin citrus distinguished by fruit having few seeds, flowers having anthers bearing pollen with low pollen fertility, and a growth habit wherein the trees are short and compact.

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

We claim: 1. A novel variety of mandarin citrus substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by having about 2-7 seeds per fruit, flowers having anthers bearing pollen with low pollen fertility and a tree which is smaller in size than trees of cv Murcott.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8378 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.