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US Plant Patent PP28721

RKD

Apple tree named ‘RKD’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends July 28, 2035.

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 PP28721, the photograph of RKD printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP28721, 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
PP28721
Filed
July 28, 2015
Granted
December 5, 2017
Expires
July 28, 2035
Assignee
Callahan Orchards LLC
Inventor
CALLAHAN RICHARD

Abstract

‘RKD’ is a Gala-type apple tree distinguished by its early maturing and early full-coloring fruit.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct apple tree substantially as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP28721 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.