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US Plant Patent PP11041

Rhenus 1

Pyrus communis dwarfing rootstock named `Rhenus 1`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 30, 2017. 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
PP11041
Filed
October 30, 1997
Granted
August 24, 1999
Expires
October 30, 2017
Inventor
JACOB HELMUT B

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Pyrus communis named `Rhenus 1` that is compatible as a rootstock with all pear varieties tested and when used as a rootstock for pear varieties, causes dwarfing to a degree at least as great as quince A rootstock without significantly reducing fruit size, high yield efficiency, early yield (precocity), substantially uniform fruit size, high frost hardiness, no suckering, and good soil adaptation.

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 variety of Pyrus communis Plant as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP11041 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.