US Patent Issued to Local Independent Administrative Agency Hokkaido Research Organization on May 27 for "Cherry tree named 'Himari'" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. PP36,706, issued on May 27, was assigned to Local Independent Administrative Agency Hokkaido Research Organization (Hokkaido, Japan).

"Cherry tree named 'Himari'" was invented by Masayuki Yoshida (Hokkaido, Japan), Mitsunobu Ikenaga (Hokkaido, Japan), Tetsuya Inoue (Sapporo, Japan), Tetsushi Uchida (Hokkaido, Japan), Takuya Hirama (Hokkaido, Japan), Yutaka Inagawa (Hokkaido, Japan) and Hiroshi Muramatsu (Hokkaido, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "'Himari' is new cherry tree variety having excellent fruit-setting property and cold hardiness, a large fruit size, and large productivity. 'Himari' can be distinguished from similar varieties ...