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US Plant Patent PP26644

MINNB42

Apple tree named ‘MINNB42’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends July 24, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 24, 2034. This patent earned 150 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP26644, the photograph of MINNB42 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP26644, 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
PP26644
Filed
February 24, 2014
Granted
April 26, 2016
Expires
July 24, 2034
Assignee
UNIV MINNESOTA, LUBY JAMES, BEDFORD DAVID
Inventor
BEDFORD DAVID; LUBY JAMES

Abstract

A new cultivar of apple tree, ‘MINNB42’, that is characterized by its fruit that is distinct in its ability to develop deeply colored red fruit skin in climates (such as southern Pennsylvania and southern New York) that are not conducive to producing well-colored ‘Honeycrisp’ fruit, its fruit with a diameter of 7 to 8.4 cm, its fruit with a texture that is very crisp when eaten, its fruit with skin that is relatively thin and easy to penetrate when eaten, its fruit with a flavor that is sub-acid, its moderate tree growth rate, and its cold hardness in U.S.D.A. Zone 4.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct variety of apple tree named ‘MINNB42’ as herein illustrated and described.

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