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US Plant Patent PP5947

Elbee

Apple tree--Elbee

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 15, 2005. 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
PP5947
Filed
March 15, 1985
Granted
April 21, 1987
Expires
March 15, 2005
Inventor
BUESSER LEO

Abstract

An apple tree has the favorable qualities of the Golden Delicious with respect to production, storage and consumption. The apple, however, has a skin color of red rather than green-yellow.

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 named Elbee and parts thereof as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by its red fruit.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5947 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.