US Patent Issued to The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research, Institut De Recerca I Tecnologia Agroalimentaries (IRTA), FruitFutur A.I.E. on April 8 for "Apple tree named 'HOT141A1'" (New Zealander, Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. PP36,585, issued on April 8, was assigned to The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand), Institut De Recerca I Tecnologia Agroalimentaries (IRTA) (Barcelona, Spain) and FruitFutur A.I.E. (Lleida, Spain).

"Apple tree named 'HOT141A1'" was invented by Richard Volz (Havelock North, New Zealand) and Lidia Lozano (Lleida, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A new and distinct apple variety is described. The variety results from crossing the apple varieties 'Cripps Pink' (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,880) and 'Scilate' (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 20,477) in Havelock North, New Zealand. The fruit of the apple tree of thi...