US Plant Patent PP11545
Kotobuki Shinsui
Japanese pear tree named `Kotobuki Shinsui`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired March 5, 2018. 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
- PP11545
- Filed
- March 5, 1998
- Granted
- October 3, 2000
- Expires
- March 5, 2018
- Assignee
- NAT INST AGROBIO RES
- Inventor
- KOTOBUKI KAZUO; MASUDA TETSUO; YOSHIOKA TOJI; NAGARA MINORU; UCHIDA MASATO; INOUE KOSUKE; MURATA KENJI; KITAGAWA KENICHI
Abstract
The new and distinct cultivar relates to a russet type Japanese pear tree that has a strong resistance to black spot disease and has substantially the same excellent qualities as the Japanese pear cultivar `Shinsui`. The new pear tree bears a yellowish brown fruit, is highly sweet, medium in acidity, and has a rich taste that is suitable for dessert use.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
We claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Pyrus pyrifolia (Japanese pear) tree, substantially as herein illustrated and described, characterized by a significantly stronger resistance to black spot disease
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