US Plant Patent PP35678
Buralmfour
Almond tree named ‘Buralmfour’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends March 30, 2043.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

The record
- Patent number
- PP35678
- Filed
- March 30, 2023
- Granted
- March 12, 2024
- Expires
- March 30, 2043
- Assignee
- THE BURCHELL NURSERY INC
- Inventor
- SLAUGHTER JOHN K; GERDTS TIMOTHY J
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of almond tree, which is denominated varietally as ‘Buralmfour’, is described with self-fertility and which produces an attractively light-colored kernel that is mature for harvesting on approximately August 19 to August 25 under the ecological conditions prevailing in the San Joaquin Valley of central California.
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Having thus described and illustrated a new variety of almond tree, what is claimed to secure a plant Letters Patent is: 1. A new and distinct variety of almond tree named ‘Buralmfour’, substantially as illustrated and described, which is characterized principally as to novelty by self-fertility and producing an attractively light-colored kernel that is mature for harvesting on approximately August 19 to August 25 under the ecological conditions prevailing in the San Joaquin Valley of central California.
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