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US Plant Patent PP18892

Newfane

‘Newfane’ Sweet Cherry Tree Prunus Avium

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 21, 2022. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 27, 2021. This patent earned 267 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18892, the photograph of Newfane printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18892, 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
PP18892
Filed
June 27, 2001
Granted
June 10, 2008
Expires
March 21, 2022
Assignee
CORNELL RES FOUNDATION INC
Inventor
WAY ROGER D; BROWN SUSAN K; ANDERSEN ROBERT

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of sweet cherry tree, Prunus avium, originating as a hybrid seedling of the cross: ‘Emperor Francis’ (non-patented)בStella’ (non-patented). This new variety is unique from its parents and other sweet cherries varieties because it is a light fleshed, light skinned variety that is suitable for brining users and is self-fertile.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of sweet cherry tree, Prunus avium, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized as to novelty by the unique combination of self-fertile flowers, light flesh-type, with good disease tolerance and good hardiness of the tree; and possessing fresh market eating quality and shipping/handling attributes that meet grade standards for this fruit and possessing processing attributes as required for brining uses.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18892 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.