US Plant Patent PP23416

Ben Como

Black currant plant named ‘Ben Como’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends October 27, 2031.

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

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The record

Patent number: PP23416
Filed: October 27, 2011
Granted: February 26, 2013
Expires: October 27, 2031
Assignee: BRENNAN REX M, JAMES HUTTON INST
Inventor: BRENNAN REX M

Abstract

A new cultivar of Ribes nigrum , ‘Ben Como’, characterized by its consistent high yields of fruit, its upright and compact growth habit, its high degree of fruit set, its resistance to white pine blister rust and its suitability for machine harvesting, and in producing a larger plant, smaller berry, and fruit that ripens later than ‘Ben Chaska’.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Black Currant plant named ‘Ben Como’ as herein illustrated and described.

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