US Plant Patent PP19766
Dudek
Apple tree named ‘Dudek’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends May 10, 2027.
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
- PP19766
- Filed
- May 10, 2007
- Granted
- February 24, 2009
- Expires
- May 10, 2027
- Assignee
- DUDEK BRITT F
- Inventor
- DUDEK BRITT F
Abstract
Apple tree ‘DudeK’ ( Malus domestica ) is a limb sport mutation of ‘Caudle’ (PP9,068). The fruit of ‘DudeK’ is notable for its attractive, intensely colored skin.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
1. I claim a new and distinct apple tree as shown and described herein.
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