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US Plant Patent PP12631

Banjo

Pear tree named ‘Banjo’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 8, 2020. 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 PP12631, the photograph of Banjo printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP12631, 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
PP12631
Filed
February 8, 2000
Granted
May 21, 2002
Expires
February 8, 2020
Inventor
LARIZA FRANCISCO T; LARIZA DONALD H; LARIZA LEOTA E

Abstract

A new variety of pear tree discovered as a whole tree mutation. The new variety appears similar to the ‘d'Anjou’ pear tree but has larger leaves, shorter stems, and a different color of one-year-old wood. The date of full bloom of the new variety is 5 to 6 days later than the ‘d'Anjou’ tree. The fruit of the new variety has a finish that is cleaner, smoother and free of russet when compared with the finish of the ‘d'Anjou’ pear. The fruit of the new variety is quite edible right off to the tree, while that of the ‘d'Anjou’ is not.

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 variety of pear tree, referred to as the Banjo cultivar, substantially as shown and described herein, characterized by its fruit finish

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12631 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.