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US Plant Patent PP25433

Black Jack

Blackberry plant named ‘Black Jack’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends June 8, 2033.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 13, 2033. This patent earned 115 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP25433, the photograph of Black Jack printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP25433, 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
PP25433
Filed
February 13, 2013
Granted
April 14, 2015
Expires
June 8, 2033
Assignee
FIVE ACES BREEDING LLC
Inventor
SWARTZ HARRY J; VINSON PETER EDWARD

Abstract

The present invention is a new and distinct thornless blackberry cultivar named ‘Black Jack’, which is capable of producing large and firm fruit with high soluble solids. The cultivar is characterized by its thornlessness and its fruit attributes. It has the fruit morphology of other very large blackberries grown on thorny cultivars, namely uneven drupelets. It is, however, firmer than other large fruited types, and has very high soluble solids, up to 14%. ‘Black Jack’ plants are also unusual amongst the very large blackberry cultivars in that they produce commercial quantities of fruit, greater than 13 tons per acre on 2 year old potted plants.

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

What is claimed: 1. A new and distinct thornless floricane-bearing blackberry plant known as ‘Black Jack’ as described herein, illustrated and identified by the characteristics set forth above.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP25433 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.