US Plant Patent PP6588
Rafzubin
Apple tree named Rafzubin
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired June 15, 2007. 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
- PP6588
- Filed
- June 15, 1987
- Granted
- February 7, 1989
- Expires
- June 15, 2007
Abstract
A new and distinct apple tree named Rafzubin characterized by its excellent flavor, high content of sugar and acidity, long and slender stalks, form and wood similar to Golden Delicious, and lamina generally similar to Golden Delicious but biserrate, small fruit during first two years of production but normal size third year of production and thereafter, and by its excellent keeping quality.
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 named Rafzubin, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by its excellent flavor, high content of sugar and acidity, long and slender stalks, form and wood similar to Golden Delicious, and lamina generally similar to Golden Delicious but biserrate, small fruit during first two years of production but normal size third year of production and thereafter, and by its excellent keeping quality.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6588 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.