US Plant Patent PP6071
EA305N
Plum tree (34EA305N)
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired December 30, 2005. 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
- PP6071
- Filed
- December 30, 1985
- Granted
- December 29, 1987
- Expires
- December 30, 2005
- Inventor
- ZAIGER CHRIS F
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of plum tree which has the following unique combination of outstanding features: 1. Large size fruit. 2. Vigorous and upright growth. 3. Relatively uniform ripening of the fruit throughout the tree. 4. The fruit having excellent eating quality. 5. The regular and heavy production of fruit.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
The following is claimed: 1. A new and distinct variety of plum tree of large size, vigorous upright growth and a regular and productive bearer of large, heart shaped, clingstone fruit; and further characterized by blooming approximately 7 days after Santa Rosa Plum (non-patented) and bearing fruit ripening approximately 30 days after Red Beaut Plum (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 2,539) and the fruit having an attractive yellow skin color, firm yellow flesh, excellent eating quality, and the ability to ship to long distance markets.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6071 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.