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US Plant Patent PP18997

NJF16

Peach tree named ‘NJF16’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 4, 2026. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 17, 2026. This patent earned 199 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18997, the photograph of NJF16 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18997, 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
PP18997
Filed
January 17, 2006
Granted
July 1, 2008
Expires
August 4, 2026
Assignee
UNIV RUTGERS
Inventor
GOFFREDA JOSEPH C; VOORDECKERS ANNA M

Abstract

A new and distinct peach variety of Prunus persica named ‘NJF16’ is provided. This variety is distinguished from other peach varieties by its unique combination of large, showy, light pink flowers, flat fruit that ripen in early midseason, bright golden-yellow fruit that are devoid of over color, clingstone fruit with a juicy, nonmelting texture and sweet, spicy flavor, firm fruit that retain their firmness well and trees with regular, heavy production of fruit.

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.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18997 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.