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US Plant Patent PP17836

PETE I

Pistachio plant called ‘PETE I’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 8, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 14, 2024. This patent earned 298 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17836, the photograph of PETE I printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17836, 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
PP17836
Filed
October 14, 2004
Granted
June 26, 2007
Expires
August 8, 2025
Assignee
PETE I PISTACHIOS INC
Inventor
PETERSEN DAVID R

Abstract

A new and distinct pistachio tree named ‘PETE I’, characterized by a very white shell nut with a 90% or higher split ratio and a large nut size (18 to 20 nuts per ounce), nut meat color brilliant purple on the exterior with a dark green interior, a very high resistance to Botryosphaeria panicle and shoot blight ( Botryosphaeria dothidea ) fungus, large, dark green leaves and an early bloom.

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 pistachio tree, identified as ‘PETE I’, substantially as shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17836 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.