US Plant Patent PP11000
Fortune
Apple cultivar `Fortune`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired March 10, 2015. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 1, 2017, but this patent ends 753 days earlier — a terminal disclaimer gives term back. A source that calculates twenty years from filing would tell you this plant is still protected when it is already free.
The record
- Patent number
- PP11000
- Filed
- April 1, 1997
- Granted
- July 6, 1999
- Expires
- March 10, 2015
- Assignee
- CORNELL RES FOUNDATION INC
- Inventor
- BROWN SUSAN K; WAY ROGER D; TERRY DAVID E; LIVERMORE KENNETH G
Abstract
A new distinctive cultivar of apple (Malus Xdomestica) which is exceptional in combining the desirable appearance of `Empire` with much larger fruit size, and the processing quality of `Northern Spy` without the production problems of `Northern Spy`. It offers growers and consumers a large attractive fruit that can be used fresh or for cooking. The cultivar is named `Fortune` and was tested as NY 429.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
What is claimed: 1. A new and distinct apple tree cultivar as herein described and illustrated.
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