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US Plant Patent PP27867

BL-14

Gala apple tree named ‘BL-14’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 18, 2036.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP27867, the photograph of BL-14 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP27867, reproduced as printed. The patent carries the notice copyright 2001 edition), which under 37 CFR 1.71(e) is given alongside permission to reproduce the document.

The record

Patent number
PP27867
Filed
February 18, 2016
Granted
April 11, 2017
Expires
February 18, 2036
Inventor
LEWIS BRANDON

Abstract

A new and distinctive cultivar of Malus domestica ‘apple’, variety Gala, that is distinguished by the combination of the uniqueness of its fruit, bloom and harvest date differences.

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 apple tree cultivar of the variety Gala named ‘BL-14’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP27867 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.