US Plant Patent PP24834
G.222
Apple tree rootstock named ‘G.222’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends September 5, 2032.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 6, 2032. This patent earned 152 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP24834
- Filed
- April 6, 2012
- Granted
- September 2, 2014
- Expires
- September 5, 2032
- Assignee
- UNIV CORNELL, ALDWINCKLE HERBERT SANDERS, CUMMINS JAMES, FAZIO GENNARO, ROBINSON TERENCE LEE
- Inventor
- CUMMINS JAMES; ALDWINCKLE HERBERT SANDERS; ROBINSON TERENCE LEE; FAZIO GENNARO
Abstract
The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of apple tree rootstock named ‘G.222’. The ‘G.222’ apple tree rootstock is 45 to 55 percent of the size of a standard self-rooted seedling tree, induces precocity to the scion, encourages high yield efficiency, is resistant to fire blight and woolly apple aphid, is resistant to crown and root rots caused by Phytophthora cactorum , and is tolerant to replant disease complex.
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.222’ herein described and illustrated.
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