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US Plant Patent PP27449

Suplumfortyeight

Plum tree named ‘Suplumfortyeight’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends April 15, 2035.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 3, 2034. This patent earned 163 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP27449, the photograph of Suplumfortyeight printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP27449, 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
PP27449
Filed
November 3, 2014
Granted
December 13, 2016
Expires
April 15, 2035
Assignee
SUN WORLD INT LLC
Inventor
BACON TERRY A

Abstract

A new and distinct plum tree variety, Prunus salicina , cv. ‘Suplumfortyeight’ is characterized by late season harvest and fruit having a pure yellow skin and a cling stone. The fruit is high in sugar and has medium-low acidity. The fruit of the new variety ‘Suplumfortyeight’ is also abundant in juice and has a sweet-neutral flavor. The harvest of fruit from the new variety starts about 27 days earlier than ‘Flavor Queen’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,420) and about 5 days later than ‘Suplumsix’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 2,747).

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

What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct plum tree as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP27449 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.