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US Plant Patent PP24118

NECTASIA

Nectarine tree named ‘NECTASIA’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 24, 2032.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 29, 2032. This patent earned 24 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP24118, the photograph of NECTASIA printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP24118, 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
PP24118
Filed
February 29, 2012
Granted
December 31, 2013
Expires
March 24, 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 ‘NECTASIA’, has fruits of very long shelf life without alteration before and after harvesting, and with a semi-sweet orange yellow flesh of high eating quality, with a slightly red pigmentation in the stone cavity and around the stone cavity, and an attractive intense and luminous orange red skin, with a very high percentage of luminous purple red blush. 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 of very long shelf life without alteration before and after harvesting, and with a semi-sweet orange yellow flesh of high eating quality, with a slightly red pigmentation in the stone cavity and around the stone cavity, and an attractive intense and luminous orange red skin, with a very high percentage of luminous purple red blush.

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