US Plant Patent PP16624

Banning Red Fuji

Apple tree named ‘Banning Red Fuji’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 30, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 10, 2024. This patent earned 51 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16624, the photograph of Banning Red Fuji printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16624, 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: PP16624
Filed: December 10, 2004
Granted: June 6, 2006
Expires: January 30, 2025
Assignee: BANNING ORCHARDS & NURSERY
Inventor: BANNING BOB L

Abstract

A new ‘Fuji’ apple variety distinguished by fruit with dark red striping over a lighter red ground color and with large average fruit size for a ‘Fuji’ apple tree.

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 herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16624 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.