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US Plant Patent PP18004

Eppich 2

Apple tree, ‘Eppich 2’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 25, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

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 PP18004, the photograph of Eppich 2 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18004, 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
PP18004
Filed
October 25, 2005
Granted
September 11, 2007
Expires
October 25, 2025
Assignee
EPPICH KARL
Inventor
EPPICH KARL

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of apple tree is described, and which is characterized as to novelty by producing fruit having a brilliant red color, increased fruit pressure, increased brix, and further having a harvesting date about September 8, under the ecological conditions prevailing near Mesa, Wash.

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 substantially as illustrated and described, and characterized as to novelty by producing a highly colored apple having an increased size, excellent storage starch levels, and increased fruit pressure as compared to the fruit produced by the ‘TAC 114 Fuji’ apple tree when grown under the ecological conditions prevailing near Mesa, Wash.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18004 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.