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US Plant Patent PP8308

Taylor's Gold

Peartree named `Taylor's Gold`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 16, 2011. 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
PP8308
Filed
September 16, 1991
Granted
July 20, 1993
Expires
September 16, 2011

Abstract

A new and distinctive variety of pear is described. The variety is a mutation of the `Doyenne du Comice` variety. The variety is distinguished by its fully russeted skin which makes it easier to handle than the `Doyenne du Comice`. The new variety has been named `Taylor's Gold`.

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 which is a mutation of the `Doyenne du Comice` variety, substantially as herein shown and described and identified by the characteristics enumerated above.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8308 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.