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US Plant Patent PP7328

Early Spur Rome

Apple tree: Early Spur Rome

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 23, 2009. 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
PP7328
Filed
January 23, 1989
Granted
September 18, 1990
Expires
January 23, 2009

Abstract

A new variety of Rome apple tree has dense foliage and fruit which takes on a red color early in its development and which ripens early.

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 dense foliage and fruit which takes on a red color early in its development and which ripens early.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7328 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.