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US Plant Patent PP18772

KAY DIAMOND V

Nectarine tree named ‘KAY DIAMOND V’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 13, 2026.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18772, the photograph of KAY DIAMOND V printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18772, 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
PP18772
Filed
December 13, 2006
Granted
April 29, 2008
Expires
December 13, 2026
Inventor
BRADFORD LOWELL GLEN

Abstract

The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of nectarine tree, Prunus persica , broadly characterized by a medium size, vigorous, hardy, self-fertile, productive and regular bearing tree. The fruit matures under the ecological conditions described in the early part of June, with first picking on Jun. 2, 2006. The fruit is uniformly large in size, acidic and sweet in flavor, globose in shape, clingstone in type, firm in texture, yellow in flesh color, and full red in skin color.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree, substantially as illustrated and described, that is most similar to ‘Rose Bright’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 15,845) nectarine by producing nectarines that are very firm in texture, clingstone in type, yellow in flesh color, and full red in skin color, but is distinguished therefrom by requiring more chilling hours and by producing fruit that is larger in size, has more freckles on the apex, and matures about five days earlier.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18772 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.