US Plant Patent PP6897
Red Winter
Pear tree -- Red Winter
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired January 15, 2008. 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.
The record
- Patent number
- PP6897
- Filed
- January 15, 1988
- Granted
- July 4, 1989
- Expires
- January 15, 2008
Abstract
A new and distinct asexually reproduced pear tree called Red Winter, as illustrated and described. The fruit is large, light yellow-red in color and has a very sweet flavor. It ripens approximately thirty-five days after the William Bartlett variety and has an exceptionally long shelf life under the conditions existing in the Ferrara region of Northern Italy.
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 asexually reproduced pear variety, characterized by its large size, bright skin and light yellow-red color and exceptional durability in storage, substantially as illustrated and described.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6897 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.