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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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP23443, the photograph of Candy Cane printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP23443, 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
PP23443
Filed
July 29, 2011
Granted
March 5, 2013
Expires
July 29, 2031
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.