US Plant Patent PP7474
Golden Globe
Plum tree "Golden Globe"
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired October 2, 2009. 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
- PP7474
- Filed
- October 2, 1989
- Granted
- March 19, 1991
- Expires
- October 2, 2009
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of plum tree which has the following unique combination of desirable features: 1. Vigorous upright growth. 2. Regular and productive bearer of large size fruit. 3. Bearing fruit with good flavor and eating quality. 4. Fruit is nearly uniform in size throughout the tree. 5. Fruit with good storage and shipping quality.
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 plum tree, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its large size, vigorous upright growth and being a regular and productive bearer of large, firm, yellow flesh, clingstone fruit with good flavor and eating quality; the fruit of which is further characterized by being nearly uniform in size throughout the tree and having good shipping and storage quality.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7474 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.