US Plant Patent PP6078
Brite
Nectarine tree (June Brite)
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired January 5, 2005. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.
The record
- Patent number
- PP6078
- Filed
- November 16, 1984
- Granted
- January 5, 1988
- Expires
- January 5, 2005
- Inventor
- ZAIGER CHRIS F; ZAIGER GARY N; GARDNER LEITH M; ZAIGER GRANT G
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree which is of large size, medium dense, vigorous and upright growth; the tree being a productive and regular bearer of large, early ripening, firm, yellow flesh clingstone fruit with an attractive red skin color and having good eating, shipping and storage quality.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
The following is claimed: 1. A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree, of large size, vigorous, upright growth and being a regular and productive bearer of large, early ripening, yellow flesh, clingstone fruit, ripening approximately 2 to 3 days before Zee Gold Nectarine (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 3,087); the fruit is further characterized by its uniform size, and attractive red skin color, its good eating, storage and shipping qualities.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6078 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.