US Plant Patent PP3988
Sir Prize
Apple tree: Sir Prize
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired December 14, 1993. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 8, 1995, but this patent ends 724 days earlier — a terminal disclaimer gives term back. A source that calculates twenty years from filing would tell you this plant is still protected when it is already free.
The record
- Patent number
- PP3988
- Filed
- December 8, 1975
- Granted
- December 14, 1976
- Expires
- December 14, 1993
- Assignee
- PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
- Inventor
- DAYTON DANIEL F; MOWRY JAMES B; HOUGH L FREDERICK; BAILEY CATHERINE; WILLIAMS EDWIN B; JANICK JULES; EMERSON FRANK H; SHAY J RALPH
Abstract
1. A new and distinct apple tree substantially as shown and described particularly characterized by resistance to apple scab, smooth skin, excellent fresh fruit quality characterized by the ability to maintain quality without shrivelling in storage, and outstanding processing ability, said fruit maturing substantially at the same time as "Golden Delicious".
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 shown and described particularly characterized by resistance to apple scab, smooth skin, excellent fresh fruit quality characterized by the ability to maintain quality without shrivelling in storage, and outstanding processing ability, said fruit maturing substantially at the same time as "Golden Delicious".
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP3988 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.