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US Plant Patent PP14757

Burchinal Red Delicious

Apple tree named ‘Burchinal Red Delicious’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 6, 2022. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14757, the photograph of Burchinal Red Delicious printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14757, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP14757
Filed
December 6, 2002
Granted
May 4, 2004
Expires
December 6, 2022
Assignee
MICROSOFT CORP
Inventor
BURCHINAL ROBERT

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of apple tree which originated as a sport limb mutation of ‘Wells and Wade cultivar’ Oregon Spur® of red delicious apple tree (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 2,816), characterized by a more uniform deeper red color, developing much earlier than fruit of other red delicious varieties, and having a thicker stem and longer, deeper red leaf midvein.

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.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14757 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.