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US Plant Patent PP11246

Wiffen Summer Navel

Navel orange tree named `Wiffen Summer Navel`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 23, 2017. 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
PP11246
Filed
June 23, 1997
Granted
February 29, 2000
Expires
June 23, 2017
Inventor
WEIGALL ANDREW

Abstract

The invention provides for a novel navel orange tree named Wiffen Summer Navel. It is characterized by a later fruit maturity in comparison with other later navel varieties, such as the Lane Late navel varieties.

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 variety of navel orange tree substantially as shown and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by a relatively late maturing fruit in comparison with other known late navel varieties.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP11246 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.