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.

The record
- Patent number
- PP27063
- Filed
- December 23, 2013
- Granted
- August 16, 2016
- Expires
- June 22, 2034
- Assignee
- INST OGRODNICTWA, PLUTA STANISLAW, Zurawicz Edward
- 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.
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