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US Plant Patent PP17139

G.41

Apple tree rootstock named ‘G.41’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 16, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 31, 2025. This patent earned 16 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17139, the photograph of G.41 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17139, 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
PP17139
Filed
January 31, 2005
Granted
October 10, 2006
Expires
February 16, 2025
Assignee
CORNELL RES FOUNDATION INC
Inventor
CUMMINS JAMES; ALDWINCKLE HERBERT; ROBINSON TERENCE; FAZIO GENNARO

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of apple tree rootstock Malus domestica×Malus robusta hybrid ‘G.41’ is described herein. The new variety is a dwarfing rootstock that is resistant to fire blight ( Erwinia amylovora ) and crown rot ( Phytophthora cactorum ). The ‘G.41’ rootstock 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.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct variety of apple tree named ‘G.41’ herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17139 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.