US Plant Patent PP16654

MC38

Apple tree named ‘MC38’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 21, 2022. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 9, 2023, but this patent ends 565 days earlier — a terminal disclaimer gives term back. A source that calculates twenty years from filing would tell you this plant is still protected when it is already free.

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The record

Patent number: PP16654
Filed: September 9, 2003
Granted: June 13, 2006
Expires: February 21, 2022
Assignee: A D MCLEAN INVEST PTY LTD
Inventor: MCLEAN ALLAN D

Abstract

A new apple variety distinguished by a spherical fruit shape, late fruit maturity, full-bodied flavor, and extensive striped overcolor.

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, substantially as herein shown and described.

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