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US Plant Patent PP30060

SPA766

Malus plant named ‘SPA766’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 3, 2037.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 22, 2036. This patent earned 43 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP30060, the photograph of SPA766 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP30060, 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
PP30060
Filed
December 22, 2016
Granted
January 8, 2019
Expires
February 3, 2037
Inventor
LANE WILLIAM DAVID

Abstract

A new cultivar of apple tree, ‘SPA766’, that is characterized by its fruit with skin that has a red over color with prominent medium sized lenticels, its fruit that is crisp with a pleasant tasting, its fruit that has a medium storage period, and its weak vigor.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct variety of apple tree named ‘SPA766’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP30060 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.