US Plant Patent PP25671
Ladina
Apple tree named ‘Ladina’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends April 23, 2033.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 7, 2033. This patent earned 75 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP25671
- Filed
- February 7, 2013
- Granted
- July 7, 2015
- Expires
- April 23, 2033
- Assignee
- AGROSCOPE CHANGINS WÄDENSWIL
- Inventor
- KELLERHALS MARKUS
Abstract
‘Ladina’ is a new apple tree produced by a controlled cross of ‘Topaz’ and ‘Fuji’ and selected for its resistance to scab and low susceptibility to powdery mildew and fire blight. ‘Ladina’ apples are obloid in shape, with an attractive solid flush coloration and sweet juicy flesh.
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.
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