ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. PP37,034, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to EHIME PREFECTURE (Matsuyama, Japan).

"Mandarin plant named 'Mikanken10'" was invented by Yukinori Shigematsu (Ehime, Japan), Takehiro Okusada (Ehime, Japan), Keiji Kita (Ehime, Japan), Hiromichi Yakushiji (Ehime, Japan), Mitsutoshi Okamoto (Ehime, Japan), Taizo Ninomiya (Ehime, Japan), Yoji Hyodo (Ehime, Japan), Takae Sakimoto (Ehime, Japan), Haruhito Nakata (Ehime, Japan), Saki Miyoshi (Ehime, Japan), Saki Yamamoto (Ehime, Japan), Toya Hioki (Ehime, Japan), Yasuyuki Masamoto (Ehime, Japan), Kei Kinoshita (Ehime, Japan), Takehiro Kikuchi (Ehime, Japan), Daijiro Sugawara (Ehime, Japan) and Hiroaki Mido (Ehime, Japan).

According to the abstract...