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US Plant Patent PP12320

Moonsu

Peach tree named ‘Moonsu’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 21, 2018. 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 4 of US plant patent PP12320, the photograph of Moonsu printed in the patent.
Figure 4 from US Plant Patent PP12320, 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
PP12320
Filed
December 21, 1998
Granted
January 1, 2002
Expires
December 21, 2018
Inventor
LIM JUNG-KYOUNG; LIM HYANG-HEE

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of peach ‘ Prunus persica’ tree with the following combination of unique features that are desirable in a new variety. 1. Heavy and regular production of fruit. 2. Production of very firm, white flesh fruit with good handling and shipping quality. 3. Fruit that will stay firm on the tree 10 to 17 days after maturity (shipping ripe). 4. Fruit with excellent flavor and eating quality. 5. Middle season maturity of white flesh fruit. 6. Fruit with a skin with pink overspread with light yellow. 7. Vigorous half-open growth. 8. Saccharinity, flavor and aroma of the fruit are not lower even in the rainy season.

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 variety of peach tree, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized in that the tree is large, grows vigorously with a half open shape and is a regular and productive bearer of large, early season maturing, white flesh, clingstone fruit with excellent flavor and eating quality; the fruit is further characterized in that it has very firm flesh, good handling and shipping quality and has a skin with pink overspread with light yellow.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12320 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.