P-1972

P-1972

Pineapple plant named ‘P-1972’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 4, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 17, 2024. This patent earned 79 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16396, the photograph of P-1972 printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16396, 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.

Abstract

A new pineapple ( Ananas comosus ) variety of the Bromeliaceae family was developed from a cross between the parental lines 64-337 (C12Q2SG1P1)×59-443 (C9P3SG2R2) and has been designated ‘P-1972’. This new variety differs from its progenitors in having higher carotene content, improved aroma, distinct fruit and flesh colors, and very symmetrical, oval fruit shape. It also shows low incidence of fruitlet core rot and marbling. The plant is characterized by long spineless leaves with piping, pale to grayish green in color, with veins protruding from the leaf surface. The plant has a uniform cylindrical and symmetrical fruit with a smooth and thin shell and flat fruitlets or eyes. Fruit is borne on a peduncle and the crown is long and conical with green to grayish green leaves. When unripe, fruit shell is pale green, turning to uniform yellow color when ripe. The flesh color is orange-yellow to yellow.

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

1. The new and distinct variety of pineapple plant designated ‘P-1972’ substantially as shown and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16396 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

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Abstract