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US Plant Patent PP12481

Laie Gold

Papaya plant named ‘Laie Gold’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 22, 2019. 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.

Figure 5 of US plant patent PP12481, the photograph of Laie Gold printed in the patent.
Figure 5 from US Plant Patent PP12481, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP12481
Filed
November 22, 1999
Granted
March 19, 2002
Expires
November 22, 2019
Assignee
US AGRICULTURE
Inventor
FITCH MAUREEN M M

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of papaya ( Carica papaya L. ) plant cv. ‘Laie Gold’ which is characterized by having the following combination of characteristics that are desirable in a new variety; large fruit size, high tree vigor, absence of occasional bitterness and unpleasant, strong odor during the cooler season, a lower incidence of carpellody and sterility, resistance to papaya ringspot virus, good fungus and nematode tolerance (good rooting capacity), early and low fruit bearing, and attractive globular pyriform fruit with delicate coconut- or mango-like taste and moderately firm flesh, giving good eating, handling, and shipping qualities.

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 papaya plant, substantially as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12481 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.