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US Plant Patent PP25387

Stark Gugger

Apple tree named ‘Stark Gugger’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 26, 2033.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 4, 2033. This patent earned 111 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP25387, the photograph of Stark Gugger printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP25387, 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
PP25387
Filed
February 4, 2013
Granted
March 31, 2015
Expires
May 26, 2033
Assignee
GRIBA BAUMSCHULGENOSSENSCHAFT LANDW GES
Inventor
NUSSBAUMER WERNER

Abstract

Malus domestica Borkh ‘Stark Gugger’ variety is distinguished from the ‘Starking Delicious’ variety and other Red Delicious varieties by the a unique combination of characteristics including purple red fruits with solid flush coloration on 100% of the surface, a fruit shape that is long truncated-conical with pronounced crowning at distal end, fruit coloration that starts 10 days earlier than other Red Delicious varieties; an anticipation of fruit maturation of 5-7 days compared to other Red Delicious variety and a growth habit that is standard (not spur) 20% stronger than other Red Delicious standard.

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

What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct tree of Malus domestica Borkh named ‘Stark Gugger’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP25387 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.