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US Plant Patent PP12482

Malusquest

Crabapple tree named ‘Malusquest’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 29, 2020. 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.

Figure 4 of US plant patent PP12482, the photograph of Malusquest printed in the patent.
Figure 4 from US Plant Patent PP12482, 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
PP12482
Filed
February 29, 2000
Granted
March 26, 2002
Expires
February 29, 2020
Inventor
PANSING JEFFREY M; PANSING KAREN R

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of crabapple ( Malus×domestica ) was created during the course of a plant breeding and selection program for the development of improved crabapple cultivars with persistent winter fruit and good disease resistance. Attractive glossy bright to dark red ornamental fruits are formed that commonly persist with minimal shrinkage into February of the following year. The overall growth habit is compact and upright and yields a tree having a pleasing pyramidal-spreading configuration. Good Good winter hardiness is provided combined with resistance to apple scab, apple mildew, fireblight and cedar-apple rust.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

We claim: 1. A new and distinctive variety of crabapple tree substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12482 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.