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US Plant Patent PP25466

Solano

Walnut tree named ‘Solano’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 28, 2033.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 20, 2032. This patent earned 189 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP25466, the photograph of Solano printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP25466, 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
PP25466
Filed
November 20, 2012
Granted
April 28, 2015
Expires
May 28, 2033
Assignee
UNIV CALIFORNIA
Inventor
MCGRANAHAN GALE; LESLIE CHARLES

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of walnut tree denominated ‘Solano’ is described. This new cultivar, ‘Solano’, comes into bearing young, with an excellent yield. ‘Solano’ forms jumbo-sized walnuts that possess light-colored kernels with little size variation in a given harvest. ‘Solano’ bears fruit terminally and laterally and yields a crop that can be harvested approximately 2 weeks before ‘Chandler’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 4,388). ‘Solano’ is also protandrous, bearing male flowers before female flowers.

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

What we claim is: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of walnut tree designated ‘Solano’ as shown and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP25466 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.