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US Plant Patent PP12443

Geneva 16

Apple rootstock named ‘Geneva 16’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 12, 2019. 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.

Figure 4 of US plant patent PP12443, the photograph of Geneva 16 printed in the patent.
Figure 4 from US Plant Patent PP12443, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP12443
Filed
August 12, 1999
Granted
March 12, 2002
Expires
August 12, 2019
Assignee
CORNELL RES FOUNDATION INC
Inventor
CUMMINS JAMES N; ALDWINCKLE HERBERT S

Abstract

A new and distinct apple rootstock, ‘Geneva 16’ is a dwarfing rootstock that is resistant to fire blight.

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

What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct apple rootstock plant, ‘Geneva 16’, substantially as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12443 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.