US Plant Patent PP30551
YCP
Apple tree named ‘YCP’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends July 31, 2037.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 17, 2037. This patent earned 14 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP30551
- Filed
- July 17, 2017
- Granted
- June 4, 2019
- Expires
- July 31, 2037
- Inventor
- Silverstein Maurice; Silverstein Catherine; SILVERSTEIN BO
Abstract
A new and distinct apple tree Malus domestica named ‘YCP’. ‘YCP’ is a spontaneous limb mutation of the variety ‘Cripps Pink’ and is distinguished by its bright lime green fruit color, its Yellow-green one-year old shoots, its petals of white-only color, and its pedicel, sepals and balloon blossom all of Yellow-green color.
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 apple tree substantially as described and illustrated herein.
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