US Plant Patent PP8825
Opal Star
Feijoa variety named Opal Star
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired November 30, 2012. 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
- PP8825
- Filed
- November 30, 1992
- Granted
- July 12, 1994
- Expires
- November 30, 2012
- Assignee
- HORTICULTURAL AND FOOD RESEARC
- Inventor
- PATTERSON KEVIN; HEDLEY LAWRENCE E
Abstract
The new and distinct variety is a Feijoa designated Opal Star. The Opal S variety is characterized by a lower tree height and spread than the Appolo variety, more lateral branching than the Triumph variety and a fruit having a smoother skin and a higher productivity than Triumph and a smaller size than Appolo. The variety is further distinguished by its late season maturity, heavy cropping and moderately compact habit.
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 Feijoa substantially as illustrated and described which is characterized by its late season harvest, heavy cropping and moderately compact habit.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8825 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.