US Plant Patent PP11071
AS510
Apple tree named `AS510`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired July 11, 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
- PP11071
- Filed
- July 11, 1997
- Granted
- September 28, 1999
- Expires
- July 11, 2017
- Assignee
- ADAMS COUNTY NURSERY INC
- Inventor
- SNAPP JR ALFRED L
Abstract
A new and distinct sport of apple tree, named AS510, originated as a limb mutation on a `201 Stayman` tree. It matures earlier than `Stayman` and develops red color ten days earlier than the parent sport. Other significant improvements over standard sports include increased color intensity, a higher percentage of red color and smaller levels of russet and scarf skin.
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 sport of apple tree, as illustrated and described, characterized by fruit of early maturity, attractive full red color, and excellent finish.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP11071 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.