US Plant Patent PP7700

Beck Early Navel

Orange tree `Beck Early Navel`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 5, 2008. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 5, 2010, but this patent ends 607 days earlier — a terminal disclaimer gives term back. A source that calculates twenty years from filing would tell you this plant is still protected when it is already free.

The record

Patent number: PP7700
Filed: July 5, 1990
Granted: November 5, 1991
Expires: November 5, 2008

Abstract

The new orange tree is characterized by a somewhat smaller tree size as compared to other navel varieties, early maturity and a distinct red-orange color of the fruit and wherein the rind of the fruit is very durable.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of orange tree substantially as shown and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by a somewhat smaller tree size that the conventional Washington navel tree, a bright red-orange color of the fruit with a more durable rind than a conventional Washington navel orange and maturing during a relatively shorter period.

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