US Plant Patent PP18618

M116

Apple rootstock tree named ‘M116’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 6, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 25, 2022. This patent earned 742 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP18618
Filed: November 25, 2002
Granted: March 18, 2008
Expires: December 6, 2024
Assignee: HORTICULTURE RES INTERNAT
Inventor: ALSTON FRANK

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Apple Rootstock Tree named ‘M116’ (nonpatented) characterized by improved resistance to collar rot, mildew and specific replant disease.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of Apple Rootstock Tree named ‘M116’ (nonpatented) as described and illustrated.

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