US Plant Patent PP13053

Rosy Bell

Variety of apricot tree named ‘Rosy Bell’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 14, 2018. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 16, 2020, but this patent ends 641 days earlier — a terminal disclaimer gives term back. A source that calculates twenty years from filing would tell you this plant is still protected when it is already free.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP13053, the photograph of Rosy Bell printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13053, 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: PP13053
Filed: June 16, 2000
Granted: October 8, 2002
Expires: September 14, 2018
Inventor: GARABEDIAN JOHN M

Abstract

A new variety of apricot tree which matures in mid-May in the San Joaquin Valley of Central California with a golden yellow color with a light red blush that stores and ships well. This early apricot handles beter than other early varieties such as ‘Casselbrite’.

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 apricot tree named ‘Rosy Bell’ substantially as described and

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