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US Plant Patent PP12621

Select A

Malus sargentii plant named ‘Select A’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 23, 2019. 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 5 of US plant patent PP12621, the photograph of Select A printed in the patent.
Figure 5 from US Plant Patent PP12621, 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
PP12621
Filed
March 23, 1999
Granted
May 14, 2002
Expires
March 23, 2019
Assignee
JOHNSON S NURSERY INC
Inventor
YANNY MICHAEL D

Abstract

A distinctive variety of Malus sargentii, most often referred to as a flowering crabapple tree, possesses a compact, upright growth habit, a colorful persistent fruit that remains ornamental long into the winter and is resistant to Apple Scab disease.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of hybrid crabapple tree substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by its compact, upright growth habit which spreads upon maturity and its Colorful persistent fruit that remains ornamental much later into the winter season than Malus sargentii .

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12621 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.