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US Plant Patent PP8254

Janice

Seedless fig tree `Janice`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 27, 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
PP8254
Filed
September 27, 1991
Granted
June 15, 1993
Expires
September 27, 2011

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of the common fig tree, Ficus carica, characterized by producing large, sweet, light green fruits that do not contain brittle endocarps.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

I claim: 1. A new and distinctive variety of fig tree substantially as described and characterized particularly by a lack of brittle endocarps within the fruit.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8254 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.