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US Plant Patent PP22949

Premier Star

Apple tree named ‘Premier Star’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends September 7, 2030.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP22949, the photograph of Premier Star printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP22949, 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
PP22949
Filed
September 7, 2010
Granted
August 14, 2012
Expires
September 7, 2030
Assignee
BUCK ARTHUR G, BUCK STEPHANIE, PREMIER STAR LTD
Inventor
BUCK STEPHANIE; BUCK ARTHUR G

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of apple tree is described and which is denominated varietally as ‘Premier Star’ and which is mature for harvesting and shipment during the month of February under the ecological conditions prevailing near Hope, Nelson, New Zealand.

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

1. A new and substantially distinct variety of apple tree, as illustrated and described, and which is characterized as to novelty by bearing an attractively colored apple which is mature for harvesting and shipment during the month of February under the ecological conditions prevailing near Hope, Nelson, New Zealand.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP22949 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.