US Plant Patent PP9859
Earlisunrise
Apricot tree "Earlisunrise"
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired January 29, 2016. 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
- PP9859
- Filed
- January 29, 1996
- Granted
- April 15, 1997
- Expires
- January 29, 2016
- Inventor
- ZAIGER CHRIS F; ZAIGER GARY N; GARDNER LEITH M; ZAIGER GRANT G
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of apricot Prunus armeniaca, tree, which has the following unique combination of the features that are desirable in a new variety: 1. Early maturity of fruit. 2. Fruit with good flavor and eating quality. 3. Heavy and regular production. 4. Vigorous, semi-spreading growth. 5. Fruit with firm flesh, good handling and shipping quality.
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 apricot tree, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its large size, vigorous and semi-spreading growth, and is a productive and regular bearer of medium size, yellow flesh, freestone fruit with good flavor and eating quality; the fruit is further characterized by having firm flesh with good handling and shipping quality and, in comparison to Earlicot Apricot (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,198), is approximately 10 to 11 days earlier in maturity.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9859 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.