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US Plant Patent PP34867

APF-268

Blackberry plant named ‘APF-268’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 22, 2041.

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

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP34867, the photograph of APF-268 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP34867, 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
PP34867
Filed
November 22, 2021
Granted
December 27, 2022
Expires
November 22, 2041
Assignee
UNIV ARKANSAS
Inventor
CLARK JOHN R

Abstract

Description and specifications of a new and distinct cultivar of blackberry plant named ‘APF-268’ which originated from seed produced by a hand-pollinated cross of Arkansas selections ‘APF-45’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 22,449) x ‘APF-158’ (non-patented, unreleased genotype) is provided. This new cultivar of blackberry plant can be distinguished by its large fruit with consistent size and sweet flavor. The plants have consistently good plant health and primocane-fruiting habit.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of blackberry plant named ‘APF-268’, substantially as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP34867 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.