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US Plant Patent PP24698

DS 41

Apple tree named ‘DS 41’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends October 4, 2032.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 30, 2032. This patent earned 127 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP24698, the photograph of DS 41 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP24698, 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
PP24698
Filed
May 30, 2012
Granted
July 29, 2014
Expires
October 4, 2032
Assignee
SHEFELBINE DOUG
Inventor
SHEFELBINE DOUG

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of apple tree is described, and which is characterized as to novelty by producing an attractively colored apple which is mature for harvesting and shipment on approximately October 2 under the ecological conditions prevailing in Central Washington state.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

Having thus described and illustrated my new variety of apple tree, what I claim is new, and desire to secure by Plant Letters Patent is: 1. A new and distinct variety of apple tree as substantially illustrated and described, and which is characterized as to novelty by producing an attractively colored apple which is mature for harvesting and shipment on approximately October 2 under the ecological conditions prevailing near Grant County, Wash.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP24698 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.