Nectarine tree named SUNECTWENTYTHREE

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 24, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 29, 2033. This patent earned 146 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP26404, the photograph of Nectarine tree named SUNECTWENTYTHREE printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP26404, 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

PP26404

Filed

October 29, 2013

Granted

February 9, 2016

Expires

March 24, 2034

Assignee

SUN WORLD INT LLC

Inventor

BACON TERRY A

No cultivar name of record

This patent does not name the plant, which is unusual for its date — by the mid-1990s nearly every plant patent carried a cultivar name. The grant identifies this one by its number and by a written description instead.

Nothing here is missing from our records: the patent itself states no name. Where one exists we show it, and we do not invent one.

Abstract

A new and distinct nectarine tree variety, Prunus persica var. nucipersica, cv. ‘Sunectwentythree’ is characterized by early ripening, and large sized fruit with a mildly tart-sweet flavor.

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

What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct nectarine tree as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP26404 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.