US Plant Patent PP34374
D27-16
Apple tree named ‘D27-16’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends February 9, 2041.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

The record
- Patent number
- PP34374
- Filed
- February 9, 2021
- Granted
- June 28, 2022
- Expires
- February 9, 2041
- Assignee
- REGAL FRUIT INT LLC
- Inventor
- MANLY NEAL; ADAMS KENNETH
Abstract
A new and distinctive variety of Malus domestica apple tree from a controlled cross of ‘8S6923’ (application Ser. No. 11/003,323), now abandoned, x ‘Honeycrisp’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,197P) that is distinctly different from its parents and other mid-season apples.
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What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of Apple tree named Regal ‘D27-16’ as herein illustrated and described.
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