US Patent Issued to THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS on April 8 for "Nectarine tree named 'A-662CN'" (Arkansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. PP36,586, issued on April 8, was assigned to THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS (Little Rock, Ark.).

"Nectarine tree named 'A-662CN'" was invented by John R. Clark (Fayetteville, Ark.), Margaret L. Worthington (Fayetteville, Ark.) and James Moore (Fayetteville, Ark.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A new and distinct nectarine tree named 'A-662CN' which originated from a hand-pollinated cross of 'A-421CN' nectarine (female parent; unreleased breeding selection) x 'A-334CN' nectarine (male parent; unreleased breeding selection) made in 1993 is described. This new nectarine tree cultivar can be distinguished by its yellow, stan...