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US Plant Patent PP20200

APOLLO

Hop plant named ‘APOLLO’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 4, 2026. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 31, 2026. This patent earned 185 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP20200, the photograph of APOLLO printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP20200, 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
PP20200
Filed
January 31, 2006
Granted
August 4, 2009
Expires
August 4, 2026
Assignee
STEINER INC S S
Inventor
JESKE ROGER D; BRULOTTE JOE

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of hop, Humulus lupulus L., named “APOLLO” is characterized by its exceptional high percentage of alpha acids, excellent storage stability of alpha acids, low CoH value for an alpha variety, and resistance to hop powdery mildew strains found in Washington. The new variety was cultivated as a result of a cross in 2000 at Golden Gate Roza Hop Ranches in Prosser, Wash., United States and has been asexually reproduced in Prosser, Wash., United States.

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

1. A new and distinct hop plant named “APOLLO”, as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP20200 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.