US Plant Patent PP11656
Osa Gold
Japanese pear tree named `Osa Gold`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired July 13, 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
- PP11656
- Filed
- July 13, 1998
- Granted
- November 28, 2000
- Expires
- July 13, 2018
- Assignee
- NAT INST AGROBIO RES
- Inventor
- KOTOBUKI KAZUO; SANADA TETSURO; MASUDA TETSUO; YOSHIOKA TOJI; NAGARA MINORU; UCHIDA MASATO; INOUE KOSUKE; MURATA KENJI; KITAGAWA KENICHI; YOSHIDA AKIRA
Abstract
The new and distinct cultivar relates to a Japanese pear tree that has a strong resistance to black spot disease and has substantially the same excellent qualities of `Osanijisseki` as a Japanese pear cultivar. This pear tree is self-compatible and bears a yellowish green fruit, is moderately sweet and acidic, and has a good taste that is suitable for a dessert pear.
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 Japanese pear tree, substantially as
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