US Plant Patent PP9863
Harrow Sweet
`Harrow Sweet` pear
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired October 12, 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
- PP9863
- Filed
- October 12, 1995
- Granted
- April 22, 1997
- Expires
- October 12, 2015
- Assignee
- CA MINISTER AGRICULTURE & FOOD
- Inventor
- HUNTER DAVID M; KAPPEL FRANK; LAYNE RICHARD E C; QUAMME HARVEY A
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of pear, which has been given the designation Harrow Sweet, bears a high quality late-season pear for the fresh market.
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 pear tree substantially as shown and described herein.
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