US Patent Issued to Kentucky State University on Sept. 29 for "Pawpaw tree named 'Hi 1-4'" (Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. PP37,713, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Kentucky State University (Frankfort, Ky.).

"Pawpaw tree named 'Hi 1-4'" was invented by Kirk Pomper (Frankfort, Ky.), Sheri Crabtree (Frankfort, Ky.) and Jeremy Lowe (Frankfort, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to pawpaw trees, and more specifically to a pawpaw tree with pyramidal growth form and moderate vigorous growth; a superior fruit distinguished by its all-around excellent fruit quality consisting of very large, firm, yellow-orange fleshy fruits with a low seed-to-fruit ratio and an improved flavor as determined by taste tests. The number of fruit per cluster i...