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US Plant Patent PP29365

BIGBUCKS

Apple tree named ‘BIGBUCKS’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends August 3, 2036.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 27, 2036. This patent earned 37 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP29365, the photograph of BIGBUCKS printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP29365, 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
PP29365
Filed
June 27, 2016
Granted
June 12, 2018
Expires
August 3, 2036
Assignee
PINK VEIN PTY LTD
Inventor
CORDER DEREK ALEXANDER; NEL PETER JOHN; Rawbone-Viljoen Anthony George

Abstract

‘BIGBUCKS’ is a new and distinct variety of Gala apple, selected for its dark red over color on 90-100% of the fruit skin surface with a full blush. It is distinguished from its parent variety ‘Royal Gala’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 4,121) and other Gala varieties by its unique dark red full blush over color, red coloration of the stalk, and red coloration of the main vein on the lower side of the leaf.

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 Malus domestica Borkh. apple tree named ‘BIGBUCKS’, as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP29365 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.