Patents by Inventor Merle R. Butts

Merle R. Butts has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: PP6975
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Plum Tree which is characterized as to novelty by a date of maturity for harvest and shipment during the second or third week of October under the ecological conditions prevailing near Orosi, Calif.; the date of harvesting being approximately two or three weeks later than the Angeleno Plum Tree (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 2,747) with which it is most closely similar in its overall physical characteristics, and approximately ten weeks later than the Friar Plum Tree from which it was discovered as a chance sport, and which is further distinguished as to novelty by producing uniformly shaped fruit which have exceptional storage and shipping characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1989
    Inventor: Merle R. Butts