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US Plant Patent PP13888

Scifresh

Apple tree named ‘Scifresh’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 20, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 13, 2021. This patent earned 68 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP13888, the photograph of Scifresh printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13888, 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
PP13888
Filed
April 13, 2001
Granted
June 17, 2003
Expires
June 20, 2021
Assignee
HORTICULTURE & FOOD RES INST
Inventor
WHITE ALLAN G

Abstract

A new and distinct apple variety is described. The variety results from selection among a population of seedlings derived from crossing the apple varieties known as ‘Braeburn’ (not patented) and ‘Royal Gala’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 4,121). The fruit of the apple tree of this new variety has an attractive appearance characterised by its striped colour pattern and is notable for its excellent eating quality post-storage. The new variety matures for harvest between the parent varieties and has been named ‘Scifresh’.

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 plant, Malus domestica , substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13888 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.