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US Plant Patent PP19630

Queen Garnet

Plum tree named ‘Queen Garnet’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 18, 2027.

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 PP19630, the photograph of Queen Garnet printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP19630, 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
PP19630
Filed
May 18, 2007
Granted
January 20, 2009
Expires
May 18, 2027
Inventor
RUSSELL DOUGAL MACKENZIE; TOPP BRUCE

Abstract

A new and distinct plum tree variety bearing fruit which are high in antioxidants and anthocyanins that makes it distinct from other Japanese-like plum trees that bear red fleshed fruit. The fruit is characterized by its attractive dark red to black skin color and its intense blood red flesh color ripening in mid February in the Granite Belt of southern Queensland, Australia. The trees are precocious with regular high annual fruit production.

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

1. A new and distinct plum tree named ‘Queen Garnet’ as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP19630 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.