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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.