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US Plant Patent PP7491

Arthur

Arthur cherimoya tree

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 27, 2009. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

The record

Patent number
PP7491
Filed
July 27, 1989
Granted
April 9, 1991
Expires
July 27, 2009

Abstract

A new Annona cherimoya tree named Arthur, characterized by the tree's relative hardiness and resistance to cold and to the Mediterranean fruit fly, and the fruit's superlative flavor and extremely small number of seeds.

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

We claim: 1. The new variety of Annona cherimoya substantially as shown and described herein, being distinguished for its ability to produce fruit of exceptional flavor with an unusually small number of seeds. The tree of this variety also being notable for its relative hardiness and resistance to extremes of heat and cold, and not susceptible to the Mediterranean Fruit Fly.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7491 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.