US Plant Patent PP9753
Hass
Avocado tree called Lamb/Hass
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired June 7, 2015. 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
- PP9753
- Filed
- June 7, 1995
- Granted
- December 17, 1996
- Expires
- June 7, 2015
- Assignee
- UNIV CALIFORNIA
- Inventor
- MARTIN GRAY E; BERGH BERTHOLD O
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of avocado tree characterized by its production capacity similar to `Gwen`, i.e., greater than `Hass` and a season similar to `Gwen`, i.e., later maturing than `Hass`. The skin color and texture is like that of its "Great-grandparent," `Hass`, and flavor is rated good to very good.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
We claim: 1. The new and distinct variety of avocado tree herein described and illustrated and identified by the characteristics enumerated above.
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