US Plant Patent PP16328

Honey Gold

Pineapple plant named ‘Honey Gold’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 31, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 7, 2023. This patent earned 268 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16328
Filed: July 7, 2003
Granted: March 14, 2006
Expires: March 31, 2024
Assignee: DEL MONTE FRESH PRODUCE INTERN
Inventor: MORALES JUAN LUIS; SAUTER HANS; YOUNG THOMAS R

Abstract

A new pineapple variety named “Honey Gold” is provided. High levels of brix, total sugars, citric acid and ascorbic acid characterize the variety. The new variety bears 0-3 slips.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of Ananas comosus plant named ‘Honey Gold’ as shown and described herein.

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