US Plant Patent PP16836
H28-52-96270
Peach tree named ‘H28-52-96270’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired March 25, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 18, 2025. This patent earned 66 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP16836
- Filed
- January 18, 2005
- Granted
- July 18, 2006
- Expires
- March 25, 2025
- Assignee
- UNIV RUTGERS
- Inventor
- GOFFREDA JOSEPH C; VOORDECKERS ANNA M
Abstract
A new and distinct peach variety of Prunus persica named ‘H28-52-96270’ is provided. This variety is distinguished from other peach varieties by its unique combination of large showy pink flowers, red coloring of young foliage, flat fruit shape, and high quality nonmelting fruit that ripens in early midseason.
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 peach tree, substantially as herein shown and described.
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