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US Plant Patent PP34973

Dole-34

Pineapple plant named ‘Dole-34’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 23, 2042.

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 PP34973, the photograph of Dole-34 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP34973, 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
PP34973
Filed
May 23, 2022
Granted
February 14, 2023
Expires
May 23, 2042
Assignee
DOLE FOOD COMPANY INC
Inventor
YOUNG-BUSTILLO ROBERTO ANTONIO; MOLINA-SALINAS FERNANDO ALBERTO; CÁRDENAS-CÁRDENAS DOUGLAS NEPTALÍ; SOTO-ARRAZOLA ARNOLD VALENTÍN

Abstract

A new pineapple ( Ananas comosus ) variety of the Bromeliaceae family was developed from a cross between the parental hybrid ‘Dole-17’ and the commercial variety ‘Dole-11’ and has been designated ‘Dole-34’. This new variety differs from its progenitors in bearing a large oval to round shaped fruit with a crown that is lengthened cylindrical with a bunchy top, and with an intense reddish-orange color of the shell. The plant is compact and characterized by long spineless leaves with piping, that are green in color with red mottling. When unripe, fruit shell is dark green turning to uniform reddish-orange color when ripe, and the flesh is sweet and develops a yellow color at maturity. It also shows tolerance to natural flowering differentiation (NDF).

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 pineapple plant designated ‘Dole-34’ substantially, as shown and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP34973 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.