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US Plant Patent PP16071

F168 cv

Apricot tree, ‘F168 cv’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 8, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 14, 2024. This patent earned 86 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16071, the photograph of F168 cv printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16071, 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
PP16071
Filed
May 14, 2004
Granted
October 25, 2005
Expires
August 8, 2024
Assignee
NEVIS FRUIT COMPANY USA LLC
Inventor
MCLAREN JOHN

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of apricot tree is disclosed and which is mature for harvesting and shipment under the ecological conditions prevailing in Eastern Washington about August 29 th .

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 apricot tree substantially as illustrated and described, and which produces fruit which are mature for harvesting and shipment about August 29 th under the ecological conditions prevailing in Eastern Washington and which further has an attractive skin coloration, and which produces a firm, semi-free stone fruit at full commercial maturity.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16071 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.