US Plant Patent PP26610
Burnecttwentyeight
Nectarine tree ‘Burnecttwentyeight’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends May 24, 2034.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 19, 2033. This patent earned 156 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP26610
- Filed
- December 19, 2013
- Granted
- April 19, 2016
- Expires
- May 24, 2034
- Inventor
- SLAUGHTER JOHN K; GERDTS TIMOTHY J
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree which is denominated varietally as ‘Bunecttwentyeight’ is described, and which further produces an attractively colored, firm-fleshed, clingstone nectarine, which is mature for harvesting and shipment approximately June 16 to June 27 under the ecological conditions prevailing in the San Joaquin Valley of central California.
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Having thus described and illustrated our new variety nectarine tree, what we claim is new and desire to secure by Plant Letters Patent is: 1. A new distinct variety of nectarine tree, substantially as illustrated and described, and which is characterized principally as to novelty by producing an attractively colored, non-melting, yellow-fleshed, acidic flavored clingstone nectarine which is mature for harvesting and shipment approximately June 16 to June 27 under the ecological conditions prevailing in the San Joaquin Valley of central California.
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