US Plant Patent PP6689
Arlet
Apple tree: Arlet
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired September 15, 2007. 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
- PP6689
- Filed
- September 15, 1987
- Granted
- March 21, 1989
- Expires
- September 15, 2007
Abstract
A new variety of apple tree has fruit with a firm flesh which is excellent for fresh eating and for use in salads. The fruit of the variety also exhibits a relatively long shelf life when compared with Golden Delicious apples and takes on a somewhat waxy or greasy appearance after extended storage. The new variety produces high and regular fruit yields and has fruit with medium fruit ripening.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of apple tree, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by its fruit with firm flesh, fruit with a relatively long shelf life, but which takes on a somewhat waxy or greasy appearance after extended storage, time of fruit ripening -- medium, high and regular fruit yields.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6689 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.