US Plant Patent PP11112
Red Jonaprince
Apple tree named `Red Jonaprince`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired August 19, 2017. 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
- PP11112
- Filed
- August 19, 1997
- Granted
- November 2, 1999
- Expires
- August 19, 2017
- Assignee
- WILTON WEERT B V
- Inventor
- PRINCEN WILHELMUS J F A; PRINCEN ANTONIUS F M J
Abstract
Red Jonaprince is a mutation of Jonagold having a bright to dark red colored, non-greasy and very early ripening apple. The fruit flesh is firmer and has a little more sugar and is a little more sour than that of Jonagold.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
We claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of apple tree named Red Jonaprince as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by its relatively early ripening and bright to dark red colored, non-greasy apple.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP11112 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.