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US Plant Patent PP14019

Early Danae

Plum tree named ‘Early Danae’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 20, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 18, 2021. This patent earned 64 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14019, the photograph of Early Danae printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14019, 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
PP14019
Filed
July 18, 2001
Granted
July 29, 2003
Expires
September 20, 2021
Inventor
FLAGLER GEORGE

Abstract

A new variety of plum tree which is remotely similar to the unpatented ‘Early Beaut’ plum tree but is distinguished from it by producing uniformly purple skin coloration fruit which are mature for harvesting and shipment one week earlier than the ‘Early Beaut’ plum tree and exhibits superior holding capacity than the ‘Early Beaut’ plum tree and having more yellow flesh throughout.

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 plum tree as described and illustrated which is remotely similar to the unpatented ‘Early Beaut’ plum tree but is distinguished from it by producing uniformly purple skin coloration fruit which are mature for harvesting and shipment one week earlier than the ‘Early Beaut’ plum tree and exhibits superior holding capacity than the ‘Early Beaut’ plum tree and having more yellow flesh throughout.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14019 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.