US Plant Patent PP21450

Moana

Apple tree, ‘Moana’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 11, 2029.

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

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The record

Patent number: PP21450
Filed: May 11, 2009
Granted: November 9, 2010
Expires: May 11, 2029
Assignee: MOANA ORCHARDS LTD
Inventor: ROWLING GEOFF; ROWLING ALAN

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of apple tree ‘Malus domestica Mil’ named ‘Moana’ is described and which is characterized by a date of maturity of April 15th or later under the ecological conditions prevailing near Nelson, New Zealand.

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 which is mature for harvesting and shipment on or after April 15 th under the ecological conditions prevailing near Nelson, New Zealand.

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