US Plant Patent PP4060
mutation of Scarlet Staymared
Apple tree--mutation of Scarlet Staymared
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired June 14, 1994. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 27, 1996, but this patent ends 713 days earlier — a terminal disclaimer gives term back. A source that calculates twenty years from filing would tell you this plant is still protected when it is already free.
The record
- Patent number
- PP4060
- Filed
- May 27, 1976
- Granted
- June 14, 1977
- Expires
- June 14, 1994
- Assignee
- STARK BROTHERS NURSERIES AND O
- Inventor
- TUTTLE ROY
Abstract
The new and distinct variety of apple tree is a mutation of the Scarlet Staymared apple tree. The apple of the new variety has a deeper overall red color, no scarf skin, and a smoother skin and much less tendency to crack.
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 Scarlet Staymared variety substantially as shown and described, characterized by the presence of less prominent lenticels and apples of a deeper overall red color having a smoother skin and less tendency to crack.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP4060 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.