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US Plant Patent PP28337

NECTANA

Nectarine tree named ‘NECTANA’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 3, 2036.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 27, 2035. This patent earned 68 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP28337, the photograph of NECTANA printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP28337, 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
PP28337
Filed
November 27, 2015
Granted
August 29, 2017
Expires
February 3, 2036
Assignee
Agro Selections Fruits
Inventor
MAILLARD ARSÈNE; MAILLARD LAURENCE

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of yellow nectarine tree denominated ‘NECTANA’ 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 a slightly red pigmentation into the stone cavity, and an attractive luminous and homogenous skin, with a high percentage of red blush on skin surface, on an orange red background.

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 a slightly red pigmentation into the stone cavity, and an attractive luminous and homogenous skin, with a high percentage of red blush on skin surface, on an orange red background.

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