US Plant Patent PP36537
SA 1088
Apple tree named ‘SA 1088’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends October 10, 2043.
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
- PP36537
- Filed
- October 10, 2023
- Granted
- March 11, 2025
- Expires
- October 10, 2043
- Assignee
- ALT STEVE
- Inventor
- ALT STEVE J
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of Gala apple tree, named ‘SA 1088’ originating as a whole tree mutation of the Malus domestica variety of ‘Baigent’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,016). This new variety is unique from its parent cultivars in the solid red blush coloration of the fruit, the intense red coloration of the leaf petiole, the bright red blush of the blossom buds and the fruit ripening period which is 5 days ahead of the parent and other Gala.
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 apple tree named ‘SA 1088’, substantially as herein shown and described.
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