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US Plant Patent PP23418

PLUMAC

Apple tree named ‘PLUMAC’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends October 14, 2031.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 25, 2031. This patent earned 203 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP23418, the photograph of PLUMAC printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP23418, 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
PP23418
Filed
March 25, 2011
Granted
February 26, 2013
Expires
October 14, 2031
Assignee
PLUNKETT GEOFFREY R P
Inventor
PLUNKETT GEOFFREY R P

Abstract

A new cultivar of apple tree, ‘PLUMAC’ that is characterized by having a tree habit that is weeping and naturally feathering allowing the tree to be easily trained, tree bark that is greyed orange in color, and fruit that is mottled, flushed and striped, has excellent pressure and texture with a very sweet flavor, is late in coloring and has a long harvest season, is large in size with the large size developing evenly throughout the tree, and that stores well in a coolstore without problems such as bitter pit, scald, water core, or discoloration.

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 named ‘PLUMAC’ as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP23418 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.