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US Plant Patent PP24639

B. Thome Gala

Apple tree named ‘B. Thome Gala’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 28, 2032.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 7, 2032. This patent earned 143 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP24639, the photograph of B. Thome Gala printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP24639, 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
PP24639
Filed
August 7, 2012
Granted
July 15, 2014
Expires
December 28, 2032
Assignee
THOME BERNARD J
Inventor
THOME BERNARD J

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Gala apple tree, Apple Tree named ‘B. Thome Gala’, originating as a whole tree mutation of the Malus domestica variety of ‘Simmons’, (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,840). This new variety is unique from its parent and other Gala cultivars in the prominent wide striping of the fruit and the heavy pink coloration in the blossom bud and petals.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of apple tree, Malus domestica , substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP24639 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.