US Plant Patent PP6076
Shin Li
Asian pear tree named "Shin Li"
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired December 27, 2005. 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
- PP6076
- Filed
- December 27, 1985
- Granted
- January 5, 1988
- Expires
- December 27, 2005
- Assignee
- UNIV CALIFORNIA
- Inventor
- IWAKIRI BEN T
Abstract
An Asian pear tree which is of large to medium size, tall, upright to slightly spreading, open, vigorous, rapid growing, and hardy; foliated with large, wide, long, thick, leathery, ovate leaves having acuminate apices, a margin with sharply setose serration, and a petiole of medium length and thickness; blooms early with white, medium size, fertile flowers; and is an early, regular, and productive bearer of large to medium size, round-oblate, fruit having medium smooth, thick to medium thick, light green to yellowish green skin, and white flesh which is firm, tender, crispy, juicy, and sweet.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Asian pear tree, substantially as illustrated and described, characteristically including -- in comparison to other Asian pear varieties -- more vigorous growth on the rootstock; blooming slightly after the Tsu Li and Ya Li and more nearly with the Chojuro; and the early, regular and productive bearing of large to medium size, round-oblate fruit having light green to yellowish green skin at maturity, and white flesh which is firm, tender, crispy, juicy, and sweet with a faint trace of tartness; the fruit having a storage life of five to six months at 32° F. while maintaining its flavor and firmness.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6076 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.