US Plant Patent PP4322
Coop 13
Apple tree (Coop 13)
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired August 4, 1997. 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
- PP4322
- Filed
- August 4, 1977
- Granted
- October 24, 1978
- Expires
- August 4, 1997
- Assignee
- PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
- Inventor
- WILLIAMS EDWIN B; JANICK JULES; EMERSON FRANK H; DAYTON DANIEL F; HOUGH L FREDRIC; BAILEY CATHERINE
Abstract
This invention relates to a new cultivar of an apple tree which is scab resistant, and is characterized by a maturity 7 weeks before Delicious and 31/2 weeks before Prima.
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 tree substantially as shown and described particularly characterized by resistance to apple scab, good fresh fruit quality, smooth waxy skin, ability to maintain quality in storage, and maturity approximately 7 weeks before "Delicious" and 31/2 weeks before "Prima".
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP4322 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.