US Plant Patent PP24139
Burnecttwentysix
Nectarine tree, ‘Burnecttwentysix’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends April 9, 2032.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 28, 2031. This patent earned 103 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP24139
- Filed
- December 28, 2011
- Granted
- January 7, 2014
- Expires
- April 9, 2032
- Inventor
- GERDTS TIMOTHY J; SLAUGHTER JOHN K
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree ( Prunus persica sub species nuciperisica ), denominated varietally as ‘Burnecttwentysix’, and which produces an attractively colored firm-fleshed, acid, clingstone nectarine, which is mature for harvesting and shipment approximately August 1 to August 12 under ecological conditions prevailing in the San Joaquin Valley of central California.
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Having thus described and illustrated our new variety of 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, firm-fleshed, acid, clingstone nectarine which is mature for harvesting and shipment approximately August 1 to August 12 under the ecological conditions prevailing in the San Joaquin Valley of central California.
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