US Plant Patent PP11601
Pinova
Apple tree named `Pinova`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired January 6, 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.
The record
- Patent number
- PP11601
- Filed
- January 6, 1998
- Granted
- October 24, 2000
- Expires
- January 6, 2018
- Inventor
- FISCHER HERMANN MANFRED; SCHMADLAK JOHANN; FISCHER CHRISTA MARTHA
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of apple tree named `Pinova` is provided. `Pinova` is a dwarf apple variety that withstands both winter and spring frosts (i.e., a winter cultivar), with fruit of dessert quality with a smooth skin finish (little or no russeting), displays higher productivity on average than `Golden Delicious` and no alternate bearing, and has less storage loss than `Golden Delicious`. `Pinova` is a high-quality cultivar that complements `Golden Delicious` in the market until June.
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.
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