US Plant Patent PP21535

SF14W-62

Sweet orange tree named ‘SF14W-62’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 18, 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: PP21535
Filed: May 18, 2009
Granted: November 30, 2010
Expires: May 18, 2029
Assignee: FLORIDA FOUNDATION 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 producing trees that bear fruit that ripens 4 to 8 weeks earlier than standard ‘Valencia’ trees, trees that have an upright and moderately vigorous growth habit, trees that have a tendency for terminal fruit bearing and fruit having excellent juice quality, 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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