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US Plant Patent PP24054

WA 5

Apple tree named ‘WA 5’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 23, 2032.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 24, 2030. This patent earned 546 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP24054, the photograph of WA 5 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP24054, 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
PP24054
Filed
September 24, 2010
Granted
December 3, 2013
Expires
March 23, 2032
Assignee
UNIV WASHINGTON STATE RES FDN, BARRITT BRUCE H
Inventor
BARRITT BRUCE H

Abstract

A new and distinctive variety of a Malus domestica apple tree, named ‘WA 5’, that is distinguished by its attractive color of bright orange-red with distinct stripe over yellow background and exceptional eating quality, both fresh and after several months in common storage. WA 5 is homozygous for the ethylene production genes ASC1-2/2 and ACO1-1/1 which confer low ethylene production.

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

What is claimed: 1. A new and distinct variety of apple tree named ‘WA 5’, as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP24054 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.