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US Plant Patent PP24833

DAS-10

Apple tree named ‘DAS-10’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 12, 2033.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 27, 2032. This patent earned 166 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP24833, the photograph of DAS-10 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP24833, 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
PP24833
Filed
September 27, 2012
Granted
September 2, 2014
Expires
March 12, 2033
Assignee
DAS 10 LLC
Inventor
SLAYBAUGH DAVID A

Abstract

A new and distinct strain of apple, designated ‘DAS-10’, originated as a whole tree mutation in a ‘Honeycrisp’ planting. The fruit ripen 21 days earlier than parent tree fruit, which will provide fruit producers with an opportunity to sell high quality apple fruit earlier than either ‘Honeycrisp’ or ‘Gala.’ Fruit color and eating quality are similar to ‘Honeycrisp.’

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 strain of apple tree, as illustrated and described, characterized by significantly earlier fruit maturity than the high quality cultivar, ‘Honeycrisp.’ Fruit quality is equal to that of ‘Honeycrisp’.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP24833 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.