US Plant Patent PP4800
LaMont
Compact Cortland apple tree--LaMont cultivar
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired April 21, 2000. 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
- PP4800
- Filed
- April 21, 1980
- Granted
- January 19, 1982
- Expires
- April 21, 2000
- Assignee
- STARK BROTHERS NURSERIES & ORC
- Inventor
- LAMONT GEORGE
Abstract
A new and distinct apple variety which originated as a limb mutation of the standard Cortland apple tree (non-patented) is provided. This new apple variety can be distinguished by its compact vigorous growth habit, and the ability to form fruit on spurs which are present in substantially greater numbers per linear foot on two, three, and four year old wood. The tree upon maturity is only approximately 60 to 65 percent of the size of the standard Cortland apple tree.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of apple tree which is a limb mutation of the standard Cortland apple tree (non-patented), substantially as shown and described, characterized by a compact vigorous growth habit, and the ability to bear fruit on spurs produced in greater numbers per linear foot on two, three, and four year old wood.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP4800 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.