DS 3

DS 3

Apple tree, ‘DS 3’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 14, 2031.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 7, 2031. This patent earned 160 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP23649, the photograph of DS 3 printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP23649, 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.

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of apple tree is described and which is somewhat similar in its overall characteristics to that of the ‘Honeycrisp’ apple tree (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,197) but which is distinguishable therefrom by producing fruit which are ripe for harvesting and shipment about 10 days later then the ‘Honeycrisp’ apple tree when grown under the prevailing ecological conditions which occur near Ephrata, Wash.

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Having thus described and illustrated my new variety of apple tree, what I claim is new, and desire to secure by plant Letters Patent is: 1. A new and distinct variety of apple tree ‘ Malus domestica ’ as substantially illustrated and described, which is characterized principally as to novelty by bearing an attractively colored apple which is ripe for harvesting and shipment about September 19 th under the ecological conditions prevailing near Ephrata, Wash.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP23649 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

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