US Plant Patent PP14448

Smith Gala

Apple tree: ‘Smith Gala’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 27, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 23, 2021. This patent earned 126 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14448, the photograph of Smith Gala printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14448, 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: PP14448
Filed: August 23, 2001
Granted: January 6, 2004
Expires: December 27, 2021
Inventor: SMITH JOE

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of apple tree which originated as a branch mutation of ‘Tenroy cultivar’ Royal Gala® apple tree (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 4,121), characterized by larger fruit with thicker stem and later bloom time as compared to the parent.

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 substantially as herein shown and described.

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