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US Plant Patent PP28078

Smooth Texan Three

Nectarine tree named ‘Smooth Texan Three’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 6, 2035.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 13, 2035. This patent earned 113 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP28078, the photograph of Smooth Texan Three printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP28078, 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
PP28078
Filed
January 13, 2015
Granted
June 6, 2017
Expires
May 6, 2035
Assignee
TEXAS A & M UNIV SYS
Inventor
BYRNE DAVID H; ANDERSON NATALIE

Abstract

Disclosed is a new variety of Prunus persica named ‘SMOOTH TEXAN THREE’. This new variety, which requires approximately 650 chilling units of dormancy, is considered to be a nectarine tree of early mid-season maturity, which ripens in late May to early June in the medium chill zone of Texas and which produces yellow fleshed fruit that are firm, attractively colored, with excellent sub-acid flavor and suitable for both local and regional markets.

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 Prunus persica tree, substantially as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP28078 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.