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US Plant Patent PP27978

Gala 2013

Apple tree named ‘Gala 2013’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends June 17, 2035.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 12, 2035. This patent earned 97 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP27978, the photograph of Gala 2013 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP27978, 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
PP27978
Filed
March 12, 2015
Granted
May 9, 2017
Expires
June 17, 2035
Assignee
GRIBA BAUMSCHULE LANDW GES
Inventor
DEFRANCESCHI ALOIS

Abstract

Malus domestica Borkh ‘Gala 2013’ variety is distinguished from the original mother plant ‘Gala Standard’ and other Gala varieties by an intense solid flush purple-red over-colour that covers 100% of the surface of all the fruits on the trees at harvesting time, an intense solid flush red colour of the fruits already 30 days before harvesting time, at full blooming the receptacle assumes a red coloration, the young fruits 40 days after full blooming are already red coloured, and the petiole and central vein are red coloured on the lower side of the fully expanded leaves.

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

What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct tree of Malus domestica Borkh named ‘Gala 2013’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP27978 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.