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US Plant Patent PP20972

Fallette

Plum Tree name ‘Fallette’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 26, 2029.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP20972, the photograph of Fallette printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP20972, 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
PP20972
Filed
January 26, 2009
Granted
May 4, 2010
Expires
January 26, 2029
Assignee
GARDNER LEITH MARIE, ZAIGER GARY NEIL, ZAIGER GRANT GENE
Inventor
ZAIGER GARY NEIL; GARDNER LEITH MARIE; ZAIGER GRANT GENE

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of plum tree. The following features of the tree and its fruit are characterized with the tree budded on ‘Nemaguard’ Rootstock (non-patented), grown on Handford sandy loam soil with Storie Index rating 95, in USDA Hardiness Zone 9, near Modesto, Calif., with standard commercial fruit growing practices, such as pruning, thinning, spraying, irrigation and fertilization. Its novelty consist of the following combination of desirable features: 1. Tree with vigorous upright growth. 2. Fruit with attractive red skin color. 3. Fruit ripening in the very late maturity season. 4. Fruit having a good balance between acid and sugar with an average Brix of 17.2°. 5. Heavy and regular 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 plum tree ( Prunus salicina ), substantially as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP20972 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.