US Plant Patent PP7034
PA
Apricot tree PA 7005-8
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired July 21, 2008. 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
- PP7034
- Filed
- July 21, 1988
- Granted
- September 19, 1989
- Expires
- July 21, 2008
Abstract
A new variety of apricot tree vigorously grows to a large size and bears large oval-shaped attractive fruits which are firm and early maturing. In addition, the fruits have long storage and shelf life thereby making them particularly adapted to early, premium, long-distance, fresh markets.
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 obtained as a seedling from a seed parent entitled Rival (unpatented) and an unnamed pollen parent designated P63-265 which was obtained as an open-pollinated seedling of a variety entitled Goldrich (unpatented), is characterized by its large size and vigorous growth as well as its large, firm, attractive and flavorful fruits which mature early and have long storage and shelf life making them well-suited for shipment to early, long-distance, fresh markets, substantially as shown and described.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7034 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.