US Plant Patent PP35830
MN33
Apple tree named ‘MN33’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends July 4, 2043.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

The record
- Patent number
- PP35830
- Filed
- July 4, 2023
- Granted
- May 28, 2024
- Expires
- July 4, 2043
- Assignee
- UNIV MINNESOTA
- Inventor
- BEDFORD DAVID S; LUBY JAMES J
Abstract
A new cultivar of apple tree ‘MN33’ that is characterized by its fruit with a texture that is very crisp and juicy, its fruit with a flavor that is sweet/tart, well balanced, and slightly reminiscent of tropical fruits, its fruit with a storage life of 132 to 154 days without using CA or 1-MCP, its fruit skin that is 85% to 95% red in color, its fruit that is medium to large in size, and its moderate resistance to apple scab.
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 ‘MN33’ as herein illustrated and described.
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