US Plant Patent PP19511
Chiquitita
Olive tree named ‘Chiquitita’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends June 5, 2027.
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
- PP19511
- Filed
- June 5, 2007
- Granted
- December 2, 2008
- Expires
- June 5, 2027
- Assignee
- UNIV CORDOBA
- Inventor
- NAVERO DIEGO BARRANCO; ROMERO LUIS RALLO
Abstract
A new and distinct Olea europaea cultivar is provided that forms attractive black olives having a high oil content. The fruit weight is greater than that of the ‘Arbequina’ cultivar (non-patented in the United States). The tree possesses low vigor and displays a compact and weeping growth habit that is well adapted for growing in high density orchards. The tree also displays an ability to form an olive crop at an early age.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
1. A new distinct Olea europaea tree characterized by the following combination of characteristics: (a) displays low vigor and a compact and weeping growth habit that is adapted for growing in high density orchards, (b) displays an ability to form an olive crop at an early age, and (c) efficiently forms attractive olives having a high oil content; substantially as herein shown and described.
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