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US Plant Patent PP18515

Carolina Gold

Pear tree, ‘Carolina Gold’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 21, 2026. 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 1 of US plant patent PP18515, the photograph of Carolina Gold printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18515, 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
PP18515
Filed
March 21, 2006
Granted
February 26, 2008
Expires
March 21, 2026
Assignee
ASSOCIATED FRUIT COMPANY
Inventor
LOWRY DAVID

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of pear tree Pyrus communis L and which is denominated varietally as ‘Carolina Gold’ and which produces a relatively large russetted colored pear which is mature for harvesting and shipment on or after August 29 th under the ecological conditions prevailing near Phoenix, Oreg.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct variety of pear tree substantially as illustrated and described and which is characterized principally as to novelty by producing a russetted pear which is mature for harvesting and shipment approximately beginning on August 29 th to about September 14 under the ecological conditions prevailing in Phoenix, Oreg.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18515 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.