US Plant Patent PP4956
Apple tree
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired December 15, 2000. 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
- PP4956
- Filed
- December 15, 1980
- Granted
- November 23, 1982
- Expires
- December 15, 2000
- Inventor
- CLAYPOOL LUCIAN D
No cultivar name of record
This patent does not name the plant. Through the 1980s and early 1990s that was still common: naming every new cultivar only became standard practice as plants began to be marketed under brand names. The grant identifies this one by its number and by a written description instead.
Nothing here is missing from our records: the patent itself states no name. Where one exists we show it, and we do not invent one.
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of apple tree that grows vigorously and yields a rich harvest under the undesirable climatic conditions of coastal Southern California. The fruit of the tree ripens early and has a tart flavor. The fruit has a small core with few or no seeds. The flesh of the fruit resists discoloration and deterioration for several hours after being sliced.
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, characterized by its vigorous growth and harvest under undesirable climatic conditions, the tart flavor and early ripening of its fruit, the unusually small core of its fruit, and the resistance of the flesh of its fruit to discoloration and deterioration upon being sliced.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP4956 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.