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US Plant Patent PP8658

Sciorn

Crabapple variety named Sciorn

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 14, 2012. 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
PP8658
Filed
September 14, 1992
Granted
March 29, 1994
Expires
September 14, 2012
Inventor
TUSTIN DONALD S

Abstract

This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of crabapple tree which was selected from a rootstock breeding progamme at Appleby Research Orchard, Nelson, New Zealand. The new variety is designated Sciorn. The variety is characterized by very small brightly colored orange-red fruit.

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

What I claim is: 1. A new and distinct variety of crabapple plant substantially as herein described and illustrated, and identified by the characteristics enumerated above.

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