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US Plant Patent PP28249

Pearl Princess IX

Peach tree named ‘Pearl Princess IX’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 13, 2036.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 11, 2035. This patent earned 93 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP28249, the photograph of Pearl Princess IX printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP28249, 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
PP28249
Filed
December 11, 2015
Granted
August 8, 2017
Expires
March 13, 2036
Assignee
BRADFORD LOWELL GLEN, QUISENBERRY JON M
Inventor
BRADFORD LOWELL GLEN; QUISENBERRY JON M

Abstract

The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of peach tree, Prunus persica , broadly characterized by a medium size, vigorous, hardy, self-fertile, productive and regular bearing tree. The variety blooms during the early to mid blooming season and requires about 400 chilling hours. The fruit matures under the ecological conditions described in early to mid July with the first picking on Jul. 1, 2015. The fruit is uniform, large in size, globose in shape, freestone in type, firm in texture, white in flesh color, mostly red to pink in skin color, and a tasty balance of light acid and sugar in flavor.

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 peach tree, substantially as illustrated and described, that is most similar to ‘Ice Queen’ peach (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 24,700) by having a vigorous tree, by having large blossoms, by being self-fertile, and by producing white flesh freestone peaches that are mostly red in skin color, globose in shape, and firm in texture, but is distinguished therefrom by having globose instead of reniform leaf glands, by requiring less chilling hours, and by producing fruit that is larger in size and that ripens about seven days earlier.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP28249 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.