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US Plant Patent PP12620

Bradley

Nectarine tree-named ‘Bradley’ cultivar

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 23, 2020. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 13, 2020. This patent earned 10 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 4 of US plant patent PP12620, the photograph of Bradley printed in the patent.
Figure 4 from US Plant Patent PP12620, 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
PP12620
Filed
October 13, 2000
Granted
May 14, 2002
Expires
October 23, 2020
Assignee
UNIV ARKANAS
Inventor
CLARK JOHN REUBEN; MOORE JAMES NORMAN

Abstract

Description and specifications of a new and distinct nectarine tree variety which originated from an F 2 population of seed produced by a hand pollinated cross of Arkansas Peach Selection 190 (non-patented) and Arkansas Nectarine Selection 178 (non-patented) is provided. This new nectarine variety can be distinguished by its large, attractive, very firm fruit, good yielding abilities, good storage and shipping characteristics, and high levels of genetic resistance to the disease bacterial spot.

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

We claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of nectarine, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its large, attractive, very firm fruits, good productivity, good storage and shipping

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12620 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.