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US Plant Patent PP27063

Gofert

Black currant plant named ‘Gofert’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends June 22, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 23, 2033. This patent earned 181 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP27063, the photograph of Gofert printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP27063, 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
PP27063
Filed
December 23, 2013
Granted
August 16, 2016
Expires
June 22, 2034
Inventor
PLUTA STANISLAW; Zurawicz Edward

Abstract

A new cultivar of Ribes nigrum , ‘Gofert’, that is characterized by its tall and erect plant habit, its vigorous growth rate and a high level of fruit productivity, its medium sized fruit, its high fruit quality with a good taste, high vitamin C content, and medium anthocyanin concentration, its high level of resistance in the field to white pine blister rust ( Cronartium ribicola ) and powdery mildew ( Sphareotheca mors - uvae ), and its very good winter hardiness.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Ribes nigrum plant named ‘Gofert’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP27063 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.