US Plant Patent PP7997

Heisei Fuji

Apple tree named `Heisei Fuji`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 23, 2010. 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: PP7997
Filed: January 23, 1990
Granted: October 6, 1992
Expires: January 23, 2010

Abstract

The invention is bud mutation of `Yataka`. This is generally similar to `Yataka` with respect to trunk, branch, leaves, flowers, but it is distinguished from `Yataka` because it develops fruit color with solid red over all.

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 described and illustrated herein, characterized over known apple tree Yataka by having a skin color of deep red without stripes.

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