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US Plant Patent PP16620

PV 1027

Apple tree named ‘PV 1027’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 12, 2024. 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 1 of US plant patent PP16620, the photograph of PV 1027 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16620, 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
PP16620
Filed
April 12, 2004
Granted
June 6, 2006
Expires
April 12, 2024
Assignee
INTERNAT PLANT MAN INC
Inventor
SIMMONS DANIEL; SIMMONS PAUL

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of apple tree, ‘PV 1027,’ originating as a mutation of the Malus sylvestris variety of ‘Arends’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 2,800). This new variety is unique from its parent because the fruit ripens 7 to 9 days before the parent and presents a larger, more reniform shape with a shinier finish.

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, Malus sylvestris, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by the unique combination of a vigorous, upright, spreading, medium density, regular bearing tree, producing fruits that mature 7 to 9 days before the parent and present a larger fruit with a more reniform shape and a shinier finish.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16620 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.