US Plant Patent PP8851
Jored
Jonagold apple tree: Jored variety
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired August 16, 2013. 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
- PP8851
- Filed
- August 16, 1993
- Granted
- August 2, 1994
- Expires
- August 16, 2013
- Assignee
- JO NICOLAI & CO NV
- Inventor
- NICOLAI JOHAN
Abstract
The Jored strain of Jonagold apple tree characterized by the clear, bright red on a bright yellow-green background color of its fruit, substantially without stripes or bands; by the early finish color development of its fruit; by the conical contour of its fruit; and by the prominence of its lenticels.
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 Jonagold Apple Tree, Jored, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly by the clear, bright red color of its fruit over about 70-90% of the fruit surface, on a bright yellow-green background, substantially without stripes or bands; by the early finish color development of its fruit; by the conical contour of its fruit; and by the prominence of its lenticels.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8851 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.