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US Plant Patent PP19575

Alvarina

Orange tree named ‘Alvarina’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 16, 2027.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 14, 2027. This patent earned 2 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP19575, the photograph of Alvarina printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP19575, 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
PP19575
Filed
February 14, 2007
Granted
December 16, 2008
Expires
February 16, 2027
Assignee
SISTERNES ALVARO SANCHIS
Inventor
SISTERNES ALVARO SANCHIS

Abstract

A new and distinct Citrus cultivar is provided which is capable of forming attractive large pleasantly tasting fruit having a light yellow-orange external coloration. The fruit when compared to that of the ‘Valencia Late’ Sweet Orange Cultivar (non-patented in the United States) is lighter in coloration, generally more flattened, commonly possesses a greater diameter, and peels more readily. Also, the leaves tend to be larger, generally more rounded, and less elongated than those of the ‘Valencia Late’ cultivar. The fruit matures for consumption at approximately the same time as that of the ‘Valencia Late’ cultivar. The new cultivar is well suited for the commercial product of a late-maturing fruit crop.

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

1. A new distinct Citrus plant characterized by the following combination of characteristics: (a) forms attractive large seedless fruit which when compared to that of the ‘Valencia Late’ cultivar bears a lighter yellow-orange external coloration, a generally more flattened configuration, commonly a greater diameter, and peels more readily, (b) forms larger leaves which generally are more rounded in configuration and less elongated than those of the ‘Valencia Late’ cultivar, (c) bears late-maturing fruit that matures for consumption at approximately the same time as the ‘Valencia Late’ cultivar, and (d) is well suited for the commercial production of a fruit crop; substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP19575 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.