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US Plant Patent PP25362

Thome Red

Apple tree named ‘Thome Red’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 12, 2033.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 22, 2033. This patent earned 110 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP25362, the photograph of Thome Red printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP25362, 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
PP25362
Filed
January 22, 2013
Granted
March 24, 2015
Expires
May 12, 2033
Assignee
INTERNAT PLANT MAN INC
Inventor
THOME STEVEN J

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of McIntosh apple tree, ‘Thome Red,’ originating as a naturally occurring limb mutation of the Malus domestica variety of ‘Caudle’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,068). This new variety is unique from its parent in the early timing of the red coloration the skin of the fruit, a much redder coloration of the skin of the fruit at maturity and the red coloration of the leaf petiole and veins.

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 illustrated and described.

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