US Plant Patent PP9709
Sir-Prize
Avocado tree called `Sir-Prize`
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
- PP9709
- Filed
- June 7, 1995
- Granted
- November 26, 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 fruit similar to the `Hass` industry standard but earlier-maturing and more productive. The new variety, due to its Mexican race genes, is more suitable than `Hass` in colder growing areas. Season of maturity averages 6-8 weeks earlier than `Hass` in any one location and overall fruit size is larger than `Hass` making early-season maturity more important.
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.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9709 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.