US Plant Patent PP8268

Tulare

Tulare walnut tree

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 12, 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: PP8268
Filed: September 12, 1991
Granted: June 22, 1993
Expires: September 12, 2011

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of walnut (Juglans regia) characterized in having semi-upright growth, good vigor and excellent production in high density (hedgerow) plantings. The medium textured, light colored shell is well-sealed and nearly round (36x40 mm). The light colored kernel weighs an average of 7.1 grams and makes up over 53 percent of the nut weight. This cultivar is especially well-suited to hedgerow plantings.

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

I claim: 1. The new and distinct variety of walnut tree herein described and illustrated and identified by the characteristics enumerated above.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8268 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.