US Plant Patent PP29960
UEB 38026
Variety of apple tree named ‘UEB 38026’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends January 5, 2037.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 28, 2036. This patent earned 69 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP29960
- Filed
- October 28, 2016
- Granted
- December 11, 2018
- Expires
- January 5, 2037
- Inventor
- TUPY JAROSLAV; CERNY RADEK; LOUDA OTTO; ZIMA JAN
Abstract
A new and distinct dessert diploid variety of Malus domestica Borkh. that is characterized by very early to early time of harvesting and eating maturity and polygenic resistance against scab. The new variety has a ramified tree type of medium vigor and a spreading tree habit. Fruits are small to medium sized, with a globose-conical shape, yellow ground color, and red overcolor. The fruit flesh has medium firmness, is very juicy, and has a sweet aroma. Bloom, greasiness, and russeting are absent. The variety suits well for organic production as for a home garden.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
We claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Malus domestica (Borkh.) apple tree plant substantially as is herein described and illustrated.
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