US Plant Patent PP11721
Alex
Apricot tree named `Alex`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired July 15, 2017. 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
- PP11721
- Filed
- July 15, 1997
- Granted
- December 26, 2000
- Expires
- July 15, 2017
- Assignee
- HORTICULTURE & FOOD RES INST
- Inventor
- BEATSON RON; NOITON DOMINIQUE
Abstract
The present invention relates to a new and improved variety of apricot tr The fruit of the new variety is characterised by attractive bright orange color with a pink-red blush, medium size, and firm flesh with an excellent sweet flavor. The tree is characterised by moderately vigorous healthy growth and spreading to upright tree habit. The new variety has been named `Alex`.
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 named `Alex`, substantially as illustrated and described.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP11721 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.