US Plant Patent PP28581
G.213
Apple tree rootstock named ‘G.213’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends February 15, 2036.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 30, 2035. This patent earned 138 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP28581
- Filed
- September 30, 2015
- Granted
- October 31, 2017
- Expires
- February 15, 2036
- Assignee
- US AGRICULTURE, UNIV CORNELL
- Inventor
- FAZIO GENNARO; ALDWINCKLE HERB; CUMMINS JAMES; ROBINSON TERENCE
Abstract
The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of apple tree Malus domestica×Malus robusta hybrid named ‘G.213’. ‘G.213’ is useful in that it can be propagated clonally and used as a rootstock or root system for apple trees as well as for interstems of apple trees. The new variety is a dwarfing rootstock that is resistant to fire blight ( Erwinia amylovora ) and crown rot ( Phytophthora cactorum ).
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 tree named ‘G.213’ as shown and described herein.
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