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US Plant Patent PP33113

SO 7

Apple tree named ‘SO 7’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 25, 2040.

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 PP33113, the photograph of SO 7 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP33113, 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
PP33113
Filed
February 25, 2020
Granted
June 1, 2021
Expires
February 25, 2040
Assignee
INTERNATIONAL PLANT MAN INC, SEAMAN ALTON R
Inventor
SEAMAN ALTON R

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of ‘Honeycrisp’ apple tree named ‘SO 7’ originating as a whole tree mutation. This new variety is unique from its parent in the brighter red, highly colored fruit and bright red coloration of the petiole underside extending to the leaf midvein in a majority of leaves.

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, Malus domestica , substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by brighter red, more highly colored fruit than ‘Honeycrisp’ and bright red coloration of the petiole underside extending to the leaf midvein in a majority of leaves.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP33113 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.