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US Plant Patent PP12323

Co-op 25

Apple tree named ‘Co-op 25’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 3, 2018. 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 3 of US plant patent PP12323, the photograph of Co-op 25 printed in the patent.
Figure 3 from US Plant Patent PP12323, 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
PP12323
Filed
December 3, 1998
Granted
January 1, 2002
Expires
December 3, 2018
Assignee
PURSUE RES FOUNDATION
Inventor
JANICK JULES; KORBAN SCHUYLER S; GOFFREDA JOSEPH

Abstract

This invention is a new and distinct cultivar of apple tree (Malusxdomestica Borkh.). The tree is a seedling of known parentage planted in May 1973 at the Clark Farm in West Lafayette, Ind., in the L Block, Row 20, Tree 41. When selected, it had the designation PRF 2714-4 in the breeding records and was tested under the designation "Co-op 25".

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 apple tree as shown and described characterized by resistance to apple scab, precocious, high productivity, with good dessert quality based on flavor, crisp breaking flesh, and excellent storage ability.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12323 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.