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US Plant Patent PP27897

Nzsummer3

Apricot tree named ‘Nzsummer3’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends June 11, 2035.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 26, 2035. This patent earned 105 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP27897, the photograph of Nzsummer3 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP27897, 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
PP27897
Filed
February 26, 2015
Granted
April 18, 2017
Expires
June 11, 2035
Assignee
THE NEW ZEALAND INST FOR PLANT AND FOOD RES
Inventor
NIXON ARLENE E; MALONE MICHAEL T

Abstract

A new and distinct apricot variety is described. The variety results from selection among a population of seedlings derived from controlled crossing of the varieties ‘Bhart’ (not patented), marketed as Orangered™ and ‘Late Moorpark’ (not patented). The new variety, initially designated StB14/15 and now designated Nzsummer3, is distinguished from others by medium sized fruit with a deep red overcolour when mature accompanied by mid orange coloured firm flesh and low ethylene characteristics. Fruit of Nzsummer3 matures in early to late February in Otago, New Zealand.

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

The invention claimed is: 1. A new apricot plant substantially as illustrated and described.

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