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US Plant Patent PP23823

B3F45

Apple tree named ‘B3F45’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 3, 2032.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 24, 2030. This patent earned 436 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP23823, the photograph of B3F45 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP23823, 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
PP23823
Filed
November 24, 2010
Granted
August 13, 2013
Expires
February 3, 2032
Assignee
BETTER3FRUIT N V, DE WIT INGE, EYSSEN HENDRIK, KEULEMANS JOHAN, NICOLAI JOHAN, PAUWELS ELS, VAN LAER PAUL
Inventor
DE WIT INGE; EYSSEN HENDRIK; KEULEMANS JOHAN; NICOLAI JOHAN; PAUWELS ELS; VAN LAER PAUL

Abstract

A new and distinct Malus domestica apple tree variety named ‘B3F45’, particularly characterized by very firm flesh, long storability, long shelf life, very sweet taste and rough skin of fruit.

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

We claim: 1. A new and distinct Malus domestica apple tree named ‘B3F45’, as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP23823 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.