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US Plant Patent PP27927

SPC243

Sweet cherry tree named ‘SPC243’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends September 17, 2035.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 20, 2035. This patent earned 120 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP27927, the photograph of SPC243 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP27927, 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
PP27927
Filed
May 20, 2015
Granted
April 25, 2017
Expires
September 17, 2035
Assignee
LANE WILLIAM DAVID, HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF CANADA AS REPRESENTED BY THE MINI AGRICULTURE & AGRI-FOOD
Inventor
LANE WILLIAM DAVID

Abstract

A new cultivar of sweet cherry tree named ‘SPC243’, that is characterized by its upright growth habit with semi-erect one year-old shoots and sparse crown density, its small fruit that is elongated kidney shaped, its fruit skin that is yellow in color with an orange-red over-color, its fruit flesh that is yellow in color, its moderate to high fruiting precocity, its flowers that are self-fertile, and its late to very late fruit harvest season.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Sweet cherry tree named ‘SPC243’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP27927 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.