US Plant Patent PP13753

Banning Gala

Apple tree named ‘Banning Gala’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 25, 2021. 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 PP13753, the photograph of Banning Gala printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13753, 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: PP13753
Filed: September 25, 2001
Granted: April 29, 2003
Expires: September 25, 2021
Inventor: BANNING ROBERT

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of apple tree which originated as a limb mutation of ‘Imperial Gala’ characterized by an intense red blush and an even darker red over-stripe at harvest maturity.

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 as herein shown and described.

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