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US Plant Patent PP25740

Treadwell

Pecan tree named ‘Treadwell’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 5, 2033.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 19, 2033. This patent earned 109 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP25740, the photograph of Treadwell printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP25740, 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
PP25740
Filed
July 19, 2013
Granted
July 28, 2015
Expires
November 5, 2033
Assignee
UNIV GEORGIA
Inventor
SPARKS DARRELL

Abstract

A pecan tree distinguished by the following unique combination of characteristics: high precociousness and prolificacy, consistent production (if fruit thinned), early nut maturity, large nut size that produces mammoth halves, unusual high percentage kernel, exceptional kernel color, no kernel speckling has been observed, high resistance to N scorch, black pecan aphid, pecan leaf scorch mite, and good resistance to scab fungus.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of pecan tree, substantially as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP25740 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.