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.
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