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US Plant Patent PP14752

Weaver

Apple tree named ‘Weaver’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 7, 2023. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14752, the photograph of Weaver printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14752, 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
PP14752
Filed
January 7, 2003
Granted
May 4, 2004
Expires
January 7, 2023
Assignee
ADAMS COUNTY NURSERY INC
Inventor
WEAVER EDGAR A

Abstract

A new and distinct strain of apple, designated Weaver cultivar, originated as a limb sport on a ‘Fulford Gala’ tree. The fruit are 1.5 to 2.5 cm larger than parent tree fruit, which will greatly improve fresh fruit packout over the existing ‘Gala’ strains. The tree is easier to manage than other ‘Gala’ strains, as tree height, trunk diameter and terminal shoot length are reduced.

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 strain of apple tree, as illustrated and described, characterized by improved fruit size and compact tree growth.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14752 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.