US Patent Issued to Utah State University on July 28 for "Almond tree named 'Franklin'" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. PP37,539, issued on July 28, was assigned to Utah State University (Logan, Utah).

"Almond tree named 'Franklin'" was invented by Teryl Roper (Newton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A new and distinct cultivar of almond tree (Prunus dulcis) designated as 'Franklin' originated from seed collected in Bostanlik, Uzbekistan, and was developed through evaluation at Utah State University. The cultivar is characterized by uniform oval nuts averaging 2.7 grams in shell with one-gram sweet kernels, with high-quality shell integrity, pale pink to white flowers, late September maturity, and successful asexual propagation through grafting and budd...