US Plant Patent PP11201
CB515
Apple tree designated `CB515`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired May 13, 2018. 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
- PP11201
- Filed
- May 13, 1998
- Granted
- February 1, 2000
- Expires
- May 13, 2018
- Assignee
- ADAMS COUNTY NURSERY INC
- Inventor
- CRIST JEFFREY D
Abstract
A new and distinct strain of apple, designated `CB515`, originated as a limb sport on an `Empire` tree. It matures with `Empire` or slightly earlier and develops red color 21/2 weeks earlier than the parent. Other significant improvements over `Empire` include increased color intensity, a higher percentage of red color and increased spur density and cropping.
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, as illustrated and described, characterized by early coloring fruit of full, blushed red color and smooth, glossy finish.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP11201 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.