US Plant Patent PP21224

N7-3

Sweet orange tree named ‘N7-3’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 27, 2029.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

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The record

Patent number: PP21224
Filed: May 27, 2009
Granted: August 24, 2010
Expires: May 27, 2029
Assignee: FLORIDA FOUND SEED PRODUCERS INC
Inventor: GROSSER JUDE W; GMITTER JR FREDERICK G; CASTLE WILLIAM S

Abstract

A new Valencia-derived sweet orange tree particularly distinguished by trees that bear virtually seedless (an occasional seed can be found) ‘Valencia’ type sweet orange fruit, fruit that ripens slightly later than standard ‘Valencia’ trees, good fruit quality which holds into June and fruit having good juice quality when no other commercial citrus is available in Florida, is disclosed.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of sweet orange tree as shown and described herein.

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