US Plant Patent PP12224
Tulare Giant
Prune tree named ‘Tulare Giant’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired January 28, 2020. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.
The record
- Patent number
- PP12224
- Filed
- January 28, 2000
- Granted
- November 27, 2001
- Expires
- January 28, 2020
- Assignee
- UNIV CALIFORNIA
- Inventor
- DEJONG THEODORE M; DOYLE JAMES F
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of prune tree (i.e., Prunus domestica) is provided that resulted from a controlled breeding program. The new cultivar exhibits extreme precocity and a vigorous growth habit. Flowers are formed in abundance. Very large early-maturing fruit also is formed in abundance on a regular basis that is dark purple under a greyish and waxy epidermal bloom. The fruit is particularly well suited for the fresh prune market.
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 cultivar of Prunus domestica tree exhibiting the following combination of characteristics: (a) Exhibits a vigorous growth habit, (b) Demonstrates extreme precocity, (c) Forms flowers in abundance, and (d) Forms in abundance very large early-maturing fruit that is dark purple under a greyish and waxy epidermal bloom that is particularly well suited for the fresh prune market,
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12224 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.