US Plant Patent PP9681
olsentwo Gala
Apple tree `olsentwo Gala`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired January 23, 2015. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
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
- PP9681
- Filed
- January 23, 1995
- Granted
- November 5, 1996
- Expires
- January 23, 2015
- Inventor
- OLSEN RICHARD R; OLSEN LARRY M
Abstract
This new and distinct Gala apple cultivar is the result of a whole tree mutation of the Tenroy cultivar (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 4,121). The fruit of this cultivar is distinguished by its attractive bright Nopal Red undercolor overlain by darker Nopal Red stripes covering 90-100% of the fruit surface, the timing of color development, and by its improved storage life.
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 variety of Gala apple tree as herein shown and described and characterized particularly by the intense bright color of its fruit, the distinct red-on-red striped color pattern of its fruit, the high percentae of coloration of its fruit, including those in the interior of the tree, and its quality following storage.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9681 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.