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US Plant Patent PP23161

Burpeachtwentysix

Peach tree, ‘Burpeachtwentysix’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 17, 2031.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 14, 2030. This patent earned 65 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP23161, the photograph of Burpeachtwentysix printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP23161, 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
PP23161
Filed
December 14, 2010
Granted
November 6, 2012
Expires
February 17, 2031
Assignee
BURCHELL NURSERY INC, GERDTS TIMOTHY J, SLAUGHTER JOHN K
Inventor
SLAUGHTER JOHN K; GERDTS TIMOTHY J

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of peach tree ( Prunus persica ), which is denominated varietally as ‘Burpeachtwentysix’, and which produces an attractively colored yellow-fleshed, freestone peach which is mature for harvesting and shipment approximately August 10 to August 17 under the ecological conditions prevailing in the San Joaquin Valley of central California.

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

1. A new distinct variety of peach tree, substantially as illustrated and described, and which is characterized principally as to novelty by producing an attractively colored yellow-fleshed, freestone peach which is mature for harvesting and shipment approximately August 10 to August 17 under the ecological conditions prevailing in the San Joaquin Valley of central California.

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