US Plant Patent PP11861
Chickasaw
Blackberry plant named ‘Chickasaw’
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
- PP11861
- Filed
- January 11, 1999
- Granted
- May 8, 2001
- Expires
- January 11, 2019
- Assignee
- UNIV ARKANSAS
- 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 842 (non-patented) and Arkansas Selection 1246 (non-patented) is provided. This new blackberry variety can be distinguished by its very large fruit size, high fruit yields, erect canes, late ripening, long harvest period, and good postharvest fruit characteristics.
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 very large fruit size, erect canes, late ripening, high fruit yields, long harvest period, and good postharvest fruit quality.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP11861 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.