US Plant Patent PP11226
Lochbuie Red Braeburn
Apple tree `Lochbuie Red Braeburn`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired January 21, 2017. 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
- PP11226
- Filed
- January 21, 1997
- Granted
- February 15, 2000
- Expires
- January 21, 2017
- Inventor
- TURNER WILLIAM
Abstract
The new and distinct variety of apple tree is a mutation of Braeburn (an unpatented New Zealand variety). The new variety is characterized by very attractive highly colored red fruit. The color is in the form of a red blush rather than the stripe and fleck of standard Braeburn. The new variety has been named 'Lochbuie Red Braeburn'.
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, and characterized particularly as being a sport of `Braeburn` with bright red fruit coloration which extends over 80% to 90% of the fruit surface.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP11226 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.