US Plant Patent PP19312
PB-148
Apple tree named ‘PB-148’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends February 27, 2027.
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
- PP19312
- Filed
- February 27, 2007
- Granted
- October 7, 2008
- Expires
- February 27, 2027
- Assignee
- NEVIS FRUIT COMPANY LTD
- Inventor
- MCLAREN JOHN
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of apple tree Malus pumila Mill, and which is denominated varietally as ‘PB-148’ and which produces an attractively colored apple which is mature for harvesting and shipment about August 30 th under the ecological conditions prevailing near Ephrata, Wash.
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1. A new and distinct variety of apple tree Malus pumila Mill substantially as illustrated, and described, and which is characterized principally as to novelty by bearing an attractively colored apple which is mature for harvesting and shipment about August 30 th under the ecological conditions prevailing near Ephrata, Wash.
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