US Plant Patent PP30446

NC4

Pear tree named ‘NC4’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends July 5, 2037.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

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The record

Patent number: PP30446
Filed: July 5, 2017
Granted: April 30, 2019
Expires: July 5, 2037
Assignee: BREACH JOHN ROLAND
Inventor: BREACH JOHN ROLAND

Abstract

‘NC4’ is a new and distinct variety of pear tree ( Pyrus communis ), selected from seedlings produced as the result of a cross between female parent ‘Concorde’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,192) and male parent ‘Red Williams’ (not patented). ‘NC4’ is distinguished by its fruit, the skin overcolor of which is purple at harvest, turning to red and orange-red upon ripening.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct Pear tree substantially as described and illustrated herein.

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