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US Plant Patent PP24490

FLATOP

Peach tree named ‘FLATOP’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends July 18, 2032.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 29, 2032. This patent earned 140 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP24490, the photograph of FLATOP printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP24490, 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
PP24490
Filed
February 29, 2012
Granted
May 27, 2014
Expires
July 18, 2032
Assignee
Agro Selections Fruits, MAILLARD ARSENE, MAILLARD LAURENCE
Inventor
MAILLARD ARSENE; MAILLARD LAURENCE

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of white flat peach tree, denominated ‘FLATOP’, has fruits of very long shelf life without alteration before and after harvesting, and with a semi-sweet white flesh of high eating quality, with a slightly red pigmentation, and an attractive luminous red skin, with an orange red background. Fruits can be consumed crunchy or melting.

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

We claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of white flat peach tree as illustrated and described, characterized by fruits of very long shelf life without alteration before and after harvesting, and with a semi-sweet white flesh of high eating quality, with a slightly red pigmentation, and an attractive luminous red skin, with an orange red background.

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