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US Plant Patent PP24094

NECTAFUN

Nectarine tree named ‘NECTAFUN’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 30, 2032.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 29, 2032. This patent earned 30 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP24094, the photograph of NECTAFUN printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP24094, 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
PP24094
Filed
February 29, 2012
Granted
December 17, 2013
Expires
March 30, 2032
Assignee
Agro Selections Fruits, MAILLARD ARSENE, MAILLARD LAURENCE
Inventor
MAILLARD ARSENE; MAILLARD LAURENCE

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of yellow nectarine tree, denominated ‘NECTAFUN’, has fruits with high eating quality and very long shelf life without alteration before and after harvesting, with a semi-sweet orange yellow flesh, with red pigmentation, and an attractive luminous skin with a high percentage of red blush on skin surface. Fruits can be consumed crunchy or melting.

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 yellow nectarine tree as illustrated and described, characterized by fruits with high eating quality and very long shelf life without alteration before and after harvesting, with a semi-sweet orange yellow flesh, with red pigmentation, and an attractive luminous skin with a high percentage of red blush on skin surface.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP24094 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.