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US Plant Patent PP14594

Royal Bright

Nectarine tree named ‘Royal Bright’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 21, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 25, 2022. This patent earned 116 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14594, the photograph of Royal Bright printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14594, 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
PP14594
Filed
November 25, 2002
Granted
March 9, 2004
Expires
March 21, 2023
Inventor
BRADFORD LOWELL GLEN

Abstract

The present invention relates to a nectarine tree, Prunus persica , and more particularly to a new and distinct variety broadly characterized by a large size, vigorous, hardy, self-fertile, productive and regular bearing tree. The fruit matures under the ecological conditions described in early August, with first picking on Aug. 6, 2002. The fruit is uniformly large in size, mildly acidic and sweet in flavor, globose in shape, clingstone in type, firm in texture, yellow in flesh color, and mostly red in skin color. The variety was developed as a first generation cross using ‘Summer Bright’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,049) yellow flesh nectarine as the selected seed parent and ‘August Snow’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,947) white flesh nectarine as the selected pollen parent.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree, substantially as illustrated and described, that is most similar to its selected seed parent, ‘Summer Bright’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,049) nectarine, by producing nectarines that are nearly globose in shape, very firm in texture, clingstone in type, yellow in flesh color, and nearly full red in skin color, but is distinguished therefrom by producing fruit that is considerably larger in size and that matures about seventeen days later.

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