US Plant Patent PP7550
Suapritwo
Apricot cv. Suapritwo
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired June 11, 2008. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 12, 2010, but this patent ends 639 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
- PP7550
- Filed
- March 12, 1990
- Granted
- June 11, 1991
- Expires
- June 11, 2008
Abstract
An apricot variety characterized by its ripening fruit, unusually bright red blush of medium to large size. Its good quality with low acidity, and good handling 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 variety of apricot cv. Suapritwo, the variety being particularly distinguished and characterized by its early ripening dessert quality fruit of medium to large size and having an unusually large amount of exterior red color in the form of a bright red blush; its delicately flavored fruit with low acidity; and its relatively firm, slow softening fruit fresh which provides good shipping and handling qualities, essentially as illustrated and described herein.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7550 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.