US Plant Patent PP16709

S 6816

Nectarine tree ‘S 6816’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 24, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 14, 2023. This patent earned 132 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16709
Filed: August 14, 2003
Granted: June 27, 2006
Expires: December 24, 2023
Assignee: AGRI OBTENTIONS S A
Inventor: MONET RENE FRANCOIS

Abstract

A new cultivar of nectarine tree ( Prunus persica L. Batsch) named ‘S 6816’ is disclosed. The fruit of ‘S 6816’ is oblate, yellow fleshed, and freestone, and is notable for its early maturity and very sweet flavor.

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

1. A new and distinct nectarine tree, substantially as shown and described herein.

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