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US Plant Patent PP18946

Emmons

Apple tree, ‘Emmons’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 15, 2026.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18946, the photograph of Emmons printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18946, 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
PP18946
Filed
December 15, 2006
Granted
June 17, 2008
Expires
December 15, 2026
Assignee
ZIRKLE FRUIT COMPANY
Inventor
EMMONS DONALD C

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of apple tree ‘Malus Pumila Mil’ named ‘Emmons’ and which is characterized as to novelty by a uniqueness of shape, color, flavor and texture of the fruit, and a date of maturity for commercial harvesting and shipment of about September 29 th under the ecological conditions prevailing in Central Washington.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct variety of apple tree as substantially illustrated and described and which is mature for harvesting and shipment about September 29 th when grown under the ecological conditions prevailing in the Columbia Basin of Central Washington.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18946 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.