US Plant Patent PP7820

Teeple Red Empire

Apple cultivar `Teeple Red Empire`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 9, 2010. 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: PP7820
Filed: January 9, 1990
Granted: March 10, 1992
Expires: January 9, 2010

Abstract

An apple tree, 'Teeple Red Empire', a sport of 'Empire' which is significantly redder than 'Empire' but otherwise substantially identical to 'Empire'.

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

We claim: 1. A new and distinct apple cultivar as herein described and illustrated, which has fruit redder than `Empire`, but which in all other aspects is similar to `Empire`.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7820 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.