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US Plant Patent PP28075

SPA493

Malus tree named ‘SPA493’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends July 8, 2035.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 20, 2035. This patent earned 49 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP28075, the photograph of SPA493 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP28075, 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
PP28075
Filed
May 20, 2015
Granted
June 6, 2017
Expires
July 8, 2035
Assignee
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF CANADA AS REPRESENTED BY THE MINI OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD, LANE WILLIAM DAVID
Inventor
LANE WILLIAM DAVID

Abstract

A new cultivar of apple tree, ‘SPA493’, that is characterized by its spreading tree habit that is easy to manage, its moderate growth rate, its medium sized fruit that is globose in shape, its fruit with a sweet-tart flavor, its fruit with skin that is yellow in color heavily blushed with red, its fruit that has a very long storage period, and its mid to late harvest period in British Columbia, Canada.

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 ‘SPA493’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP28075 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.