US Plant Patent PP11182
Stiekema 1
Apple tree named `Stiekema 1`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired October 2, 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
- PP11182
- Filed
- October 2, 1997
- Granted
- January 18, 2000
- Expires
- October 2, 2017
- Inventor
- STIEKEMA PAUL
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of apple tree named is provided that is distinguished by the following combination of characteristics (in comparison to `Obrogala`): (1) fruit that are significantly larger and have a deeper and wider cavity, larger basin, and longer and thicker stem; (2) intense red fruit coloration that covers approximately 90-100% of the fruit surface; (3) leaves having a bronze appearance that is most evident in young leaves; (4) leaves that are smaller, have fewer and less significant marginal undulations and thus appear flatter, have margins with finer and sharper serrations, and leaf tips that are more pointed and end less abruptly; (5) shorter leaf petioles; (6) slightly less vigor; and (7) thinner branches that tend to terminate sooner, and have a smaller internodal length.
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 variety of apple tree substantially as herein shown and described.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP11182 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.