US Plant Patent PP27401
APF-122
Blackberry plant named ‘APF-122’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends April 28, 2034.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 20, 2034. This patent earned 67 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP27401
- Filed
- February 20, 2014
- Granted
- November 22, 2016
- Expires
- April 28, 2034
- Assignee
- UNIV ARKANSAS
- Inventor
- CLARK JOHN REUBEN; THOMPSON ELLEN; AGUAS-ALVARADO MARIO
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of blackberry plant named ‘APF-122’. Characteristics include its precocity, high soluble solids (even at the red-black stage), very little postharvest reddening (<10%), heavy over-crops on its compact primocanes such that a floricane crop would generally not be economically viable.
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What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of blackberry plant named ‘APF-122’ as described and shown herein.
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