US Plant Patent PP5406
Meran
Apple tree `Meran`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired July 26, 2002. 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
- PP5406
- Filed
- July 26, 1982
- Granted
- February 19, 1985
- Expires
- July 26, 2002
- Inventor
- ZANON KARL; WALDNER FRANZ
Abstract
The apple variety "MERAN" was created by crossing of the varieties Golden Delicious and Morgenduft. It differs from the common apple varieties by earlier yield, an excellent natural resistance against diseases, excellent storability, and superior qualitative properties.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
We claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of apple created by crossing of the varieties Golden Delicious and Morgenduft, as shown and described herein.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5406 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.