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US Plant Patent PP17137

GP-27

‘GP-27’ peach

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 10, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 9, 2024. This patent earned 185 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17137, the photograph of GP-27 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17137, 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
PP17137
Filed
July 9, 2004
Granted
October 10, 2006
Expires
January 10, 2025
Inventor
GERAWAN MICHAEL R

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of peach Prunus persica , tree substantially as illustrated and described which produces large and attractive fruit which are mature for commercial harvesting and shipment approximately August 23 to September 8, nearly 2 weeks before ‘Prima Gattie’ peach tree (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,085), in the San Joaquin Valley of central California.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of peach tree having the characteristics described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17137 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.