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US Plant Patent PP16622

CO-OP 39

Apple tree named ‘CO-OP 39’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 1, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 22, 2024. This patent earned 102 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16622, the photograph of CO-OP 39 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16622, 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
PP16622
Filed
October 22, 2004
Granted
June 6, 2006
Expires
February 1, 2025
Assignee
PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
Inventor
JANICK JULES; WILLIAMS EDWIN B; GOFFREDA JOSEPH C; KORBAN SCHUYLER S

Abstract

A new apple variety distinguished by resistance to apple scab; crisp flesh and excellent dessert quality; attractive color (almost completely red); ripens in the middle of September in West Lafayette, Ind.; size varies from 2.75 to 3 inches in diameter; and good storage ability (can be stored up to six months at 1° C.).

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct variety of apple tree, substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16622 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.