US Plant Patent PP6268
COOP 23
Apple tree `COOP 23`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired April 25, 2006. 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
- PP6268
- Filed
- April 25, 1986
- Granted
- September 6, 1988
- Expires
- April 25, 2006
- Assignee
- PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
- Inventor
- JANICK JULES W; WILLIAMS EDWIN B; EMERSON FRANK; KORBAN SAFI S; DAYTON DANIEL F; MEHLENBACHER SHAWN A; HOUGH L FREDERIC
Abstract
This invention relates to a new cultivar of apple tree which is characterized by resistance to apple scab and cedar apple rust, outstanding fresh fruit quality, smooth, slightly waxy skin, and a maturity approximately 7.5 to 8 weeks before `Delicious` and 4 to 4.5 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 and to cedar apple rust, outstanding fresh fruit quality, smooth slightly waxy skin, ability to maintain quality in storage, and maturity approximately 7.5 to 8 weeks before `Delicious` and 4 to 4.5 weeks before `Prima.`
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6268 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.