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US Plant Patent PP13815

Hortgem Tahi

New kiwi plant entitled ‘Hortgem Tahi’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 9, 2021. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP13815, the photograph of Hortgem Tahi printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13815, 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
PP13815
Filed
February 9, 2001
Granted
May 13, 2003
Expires
February 9, 2021
Assignee
HORTICULTURE & FOOD RES INST
Inventor
MCNEILAGE MARK A; BEATSON RON A; MACRAE ELSPETH A

Abstract

A new and distinct kiwi plant of the species Actinidia arguta (Sieb & Zucc.) Planch. ex Miq. var. arguta is described. The variety results from a controlled pollination using a female A. arguta selection AA02-01 of unknown parentage and a male A. arguta selection AA13-01 of unknown parentage. Both named parents (AA02-01 and AA13-01) are unpatented. Its green hairless, edible skin, small fruit size and sweet aromatic taste distinguish the new variety.

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 kiwi plant of the species A. arguta substantially as described and illustrated, characterized by small spheroid fruit with green hairless edible skin and green flesh with a sweet aromatic flavor.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13815 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.