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US Plant Patent PP7589

Fulford

Apple tree-- Fulford variety

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 21, 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
PP7589
Filed
September 21, 1989
Granted
July 16, 1991
Expires
September 21, 2009

Abstract

A discovery of a new apple tree, specifically a mutation of the Kidd or Gala variety, is disclosed. The new apple variety is medium to dark red in color.

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 which is a mutation of the Kidd or Gala variety (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 3,637) substantially as shown and described, characterized by an overall bright red color.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7589 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.