US Plant Patent PP14314

Lynn

Apple tree named ‘Lynn’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 9, 2022. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 8, 2022. This patent earned 31 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14314, the photograph of Lynn printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14314, 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: PP14314
Filed: April 8, 2002
Granted: November 25, 2003
Expires: May 9, 2022
Inventor: NELSON BILLY A

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of apple tree, characterized by an unusually shiny yellow ground color and a glossy pink-red overcolor, maturing about 5 days later than ‘Red Delicious’, with crisp, juicy flesh capable of both dessert and culinary use.

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 apple tree, substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14314 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.