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US Plant Patent PP26412

MN55

Apple tree named ‘MN55’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends June 9, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 18, 2034. This patent earned 111 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP26412, the photograph of MN55 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP26412, 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
PP26412
Filed
February 18, 2014
Granted
February 16, 2016
Expires
June 9, 2034
Assignee
UNIV MINNESOTA, LUBY JAMES, BEDFORD DAVID
Inventor
BEDFORD DAVID; LUBY JAMES

Abstract

A new cultivar of apple tree, ‘MN55’, that is characterized by its fruit that is early ripening, its fruit that are globose-conical in shape and medium to large in size, its fruit with a texture that is very crisp and juicy, which is maintained during storage, its fruit with a long storage life, its fruit skin that is 75 to 95% red in color over a yellow-green background color, its firmness of 14 to 19 lbs. at harvest, its spreading to upright plant habit, and its vigorous growth habit.

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 ‘MN55’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP26412 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.