Patents by Inventor Wilfrid John Mennell

Wilfrid John Mennell 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).

  • Apple tree named `Ambrosia`
    Patent number: PP10789
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apple tree and more particularly to a new and distinct variety named `Ambrosia`, broadly characterized by its aroma, taste, color, shape, precocity and productivity. The variety has a distinct fruity aroma. The taste is very sweet and subacid. The flesh is firm and crisp in texture. The skin color has a high gloss, 70% to 90% bright red blush with broad faint stripes on a cream to yellow background. The fruit is conical and angular in shape with slight calyx lobing and a wide eye basin.`Ambrosia` is a mid to late season apple maturing about the 16th to 21st of September at Cawston, British Columbia, Canada. `Ambrosia` was discovered as a naturally occurring chance seedling in the cultivated orchard of Wilfrid and Sally Mennell at Cawston, British Columbia Canada.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1999
    Assignee: okanagan Plant Improvement Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Wilfrid John Mennell, Sally Beth Mennell