US Plant Patent PP8519
Hampshire
Hampshire apple tree cultivar
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired December 28, 2010. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 20, 2012, but this patent ends 570 days earlier — a terminal disclaimer gives term back. A source that calculates twenty years from filing would tell you this plant is still protected when it is already free.
The record
- Patent number
- PP8519
- Filed
- July 20, 1992
- Granted
- December 28, 1993
- Expires
- December 28, 2010
- Assignee
- LEADBEATER ERICK
- Inventor
- LEADBEATER ERICK
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of apple tree which has a superior growth habit ideal for productive, dense plantings. The tree produces very attractive fruit in both shape and color. The apple is firm, crisp, juicy, and has very good eating qualities.
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 apple tree substantially as shown and described, particularly characterized by superior growth habit ideal for productive, dense plantings, very attractive fruit in both shape and color, that is firm, crisp and juicy, with very good eating qualities.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8519 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.