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US Plant Patent PP26192

AUTUMN TREAT

Interspecific tree named ‘AUTUMN TREAT’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends June 27, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 21, 2034. This patent earned 98 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP26192, the photograph of AUTUMN TREAT printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP26192, 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
PP26192
Filed
March 21, 2014
Granted
December 8, 2015
Expires
June 27, 2034
Assignee
GARDNER LEITH MARIE, ZAIGER GARY NEIL, ZAIGER GRANT GENE
Inventor
ZAIGER GARY NEIL; GARDNER LEITH MARIE; ZAIGER GRANT GENE

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of interspecific tree. The following features of the tree and its fruit are characterized with the tree budded on ‘Nemaguard’ Rootstock (non-patented), grown on Handford sandy loam soil with Storie Index rating 95, in USDA Hardiness Zone 9, near Modesto, Calif., with standard commercial fruit growing practices, such as pruning, thinning, spraying, irrigation and fertilization. Its novelty consist of the following combination of desirable features: 1. Heavy and regular bearer of large size fruit. 2. Fruit with very good flavor and eating quality. 3. Fruit with attractive red skin color. 4. Fruit with good storage and shipping quality. 5. Fruit maturity very late in the maturity season.

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 and distinct variety of interspecific tree, substantially as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP26192 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.