US Plant Patent PP23443
Candy Cane
Peach tree named ‘Candy Cane’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends July 29, 2031.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

The record
- Patent number
- PP23443
- Filed
- July 29, 2011
- Granted
- March 5, 2013
- Expires
- July 29, 2031
- Assignee
- US AGRICULTURE, OKIE WILLIAM
- Inventor
- OKIE WILLIAM
Abstract
Description and specifications of a new and distinct ornamental peach tree with attractive peppermint-type flowers that is well-adapted to the Southeastern United States climate. ‘Candy Cane’ has flowers with various combinations of white, pink, and red color, a well as leaves that are variegated red and green.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
1. A new and distinct variety of ornamental peach tree ‘Candy Cane’, substantially as illustrated and described, having large, tri-colored flowers and bi-colored variegated leaves and bi-colored variegated leaves and shoots.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP23443 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.