US Plant Patent PP9890
Robada
Apricot cv. Robada
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired July 14, 2015. 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
- PP9890
- Filed
- July 14, 1995
- Granted
- May 13, 1997
- Expires
- July 14, 2015
- Assignee
- US ARMY
- Inventor
- LEDBETTER CRAIG A; RAMMING DAVID W
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of apricot tree which is characterized by having the following combination of outstanding features that are desirable in a new variety; fruit with an unusually large amount of red skin color in the form of a bright red blush, fruit with good flavor and high eating quality, self-compatible flowers which require no cross-pollination, and fruit with firm flesh, giving good handling and shipping qualities.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of apricot tree, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by fruit with an unusually large amount of red skin color in the form of a bright red blush, fruit with good flavor and high eating quality, self-compatible flowers which require no cross-pollination, and fruit with firm flesh giving good handling and shipping qualities.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9890 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.