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US Plant Patent PP8032

T.A.C. #114 strain

Fuji apple tree: T.A.C. #114 strain

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 5, 2010. 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
PP8032
Filed
November 5, 1990
Granted
November 17, 1992
Expires
November 5, 2010

Abstract

The T.A.C. #114 strain of Fuji apple trees characterized by the intense red coloration of its fruit, the high percentage of coloration of its fruit, the early maturity of its fruit, and the compactness of its tree.

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

I claim: 1. The new and distinct variety of Fuji apple tree substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly by the bright red color of its fruit, the red-on-red striped color pattern of its fruit, the high percentage of coloration of its fruit, and the compactness of the growth of the tree on which the fruit is borne.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8032 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.