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US Plant Patent PP28235

Gala 0502

Apple tree named ‘Gala 0502’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 30, 2036.

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 PP28235, the photograph of Gala 0502 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP28235, 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
PP28235
Filed
March 30, 2016
Granted
August 1, 2017
Expires
March 30, 2036
Inventor
BRAUN JüRGEN

Abstract

‘Gala 0502’ apple is ‘Gala’ sport notable for its fruit, which is fully colored well before harvest, and has a distinctive solid purple-red overcolor. ‘Gala 0502’ can be harvested in a single picking.

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 apple tree, substantially as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP28235 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.