US Plant Patent PP11173
Mendez No. 1
Avocado tree named `Mendez No. 1`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired October 22, 2017. 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
- PP11173
- Filed
- October 22, 1997
- Granted
- January 4, 2000
- Expires
- October 22, 2017
- Inventor
- VEGA CARLOS MENDEZ
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of an avocado tree having many characteristics similar to those of `Hass` that is characterized by profuse blooming six to seven months earlier than the `Hass` avocado tree and bearing fruit that is mature earlier during the season than `Hass` fruit.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of avocado tree named Mendez No. 1, as herein described and illustrated.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP11173 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.