US Plant Patent PP17672

ROHO 3615

Apple tree named ‘ROHO 3615’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 16, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 6, 2025. This patent earned 101 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17672, the photograph of ROHO 3615 printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17672, 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: PP17672
Filed: April 6, 2005
Granted: May 1, 2007
Expires: July 16, 2025
Assignee: HOFMANN HANS
Inventor: HOFMANN HANS

Abstract

A new and distinct Malus domestica Borkh. plant that produces apples having an excellent sugar-acid balance and keeping quality, suitable for use as a table and dessert 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 variety of Malus domestica Borkh. tree substantially as shown and described.

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