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US Plant Patent PP11865

Apache

Blackberry plant named ‘Apache’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 11, 2019. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

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

The record

Patent number
PP11865
Filed
January 11, 1999
Granted
May 8, 2001
Expires
January 11, 2019
Inventor
CLARK JOHN REUBEN; MOORE JAMES NORMAN

Abstract

Description and specifications of a new and distinct blackberry variety which originated from seed produced by a hand pollinated cross of Arkansas Selection 1007 (non-patented) and ‘Navaho’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,679) is provided. This new blackberry variety can be distinguished by its high fruit yields, large fruit size, erect thornless canes, late ripening, prolific fruiting row establishment, and good fruit quality.

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

We claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of blackberry plant, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its high yields, large fruit size, erect thornless canes, late ripening, prolific fruiting row establishment, and good fruit quality.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP11865 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.