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US Plant Patent PP29880

Peggy Pear

Asian pear tree named ‘Peggy Pear’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 21, 2036.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 11, 2034. This patent earned 559 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP29880, the photograph of Peggy Pear printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP29880, 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
PP29880
Filed
August 11, 2014
Granted
November 27, 2018
Expires
February 21, 2036
Assignee
STARK BROS NURSERIES & ORCHARDS CO
Inventor
KEITHLY DOUG

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Asian pear tree named ‘Peggy Pear’ characterized particularly by the globose to slightly turbinate shape of its fruit, its russet color at maturity, the thinner texture of the skin of the fruit of the ‘Peggy Pear’ compared to the skin of the fruit of its parent, the ‘A-Ri-Rang’, at maturity and its ripening at about September 20 th in Yakima, Wash., which is about thirty (30) days earlier than the ‘A-Ri-Rang’ cultivar, and by the pear's hardiness, characterized in that it can be stored at 32° F. through the winter and maintain its quality until about May.

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

The invention claimed is: 1. A new and distinct Asian Pear Tree named ‘Peggy Pear’ as illustrated and described herein.

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