US Plant Patent PP18512

El Niño

Apple tree named ‘El Niño’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 7, 2026. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18512, the photograph of El Niño printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18512, 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: PP18512
Filed: August 7, 2006
Granted: February 26, 2008
Expires: August 7, 2026
Assignee: MCDONALD STEVEN A
Inventor: MCDONALD STEVEN A

Abstract

A new and distinctive variety of an apple tree, named ‘El Niño’ characterized by fruit color having intense dark red stripes over a bright red background.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of apple tree named ‘El Niño’ substantially as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18512 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.