US Plant Patent PP16759

H2-169

Pear tree named ‘H2-169’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 1, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 22, 2024. This patent earned 130 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16759
Filed: October 22, 2004
Granted: July 4, 2006
Expires: March 1, 2025
Assignee: PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
Inventor: JANICK JULES

Abstract

A new pear variety distinguished by its large size fruit of nice shape; fruit having a good quality texture and flavor; good tree type; blight tolerant (equivalent to ‘Honeysweet’ variety); early season (mid-August); and annual high productivity.

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 herein shown and described.

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