US Plant Patent PP33872
Sigal
Mediterranean mandarin tree named ‘Sigal’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends May 1, 2040.
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
- PP33872
- Filed
- May 1, 2020
- Granted
- January 18, 2022
- Expires
- May 1, 2040
- Inventor
- CARMI NIR; EYAL YORAM; NEUMAN-LESHEM HANNA; FRYDMAN-SHANI AHUVA; VARDI ALIZA; ELHANATI AVRAHAM; YANIV YOSEF; YEOSHUA KANONICH; LUBA FANBERSTEIN
Abstract
A new and distinct mandarin variety of Citrus deliciosa Ten. named ‘SIGAL’, particularly characterized by easy-peeling, late ripening, high quality flavor, flattened fruit shape at stalk end, medium size fruit, dark orange skin color and lacking seed.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
We claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of mandarin, Citrus deliciosa Ten., tree named ‘SIGAL’, as illustrated and described herein.
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