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US Plant Patent PP28369

Columbia Giant

Blackberry plant named ‘Columbia Giant’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends October 22, 2035.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 28, 2035. This patent earned 24 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP28369, the photograph of Columbia Giant printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP28369, 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
PP28369
Filed
September 28, 2015
Granted
September 12, 2017
Expires
October 22, 2035
Assignee
US AGRICULTURE
Inventor
FINN CHAD E

Abstract

A new and distinct blackberry cultivar that originated from seed produced from a cross between the female blackberry plant ‘NZ 9629-1’ (unpatented) and the male parent blackberry plant ‘ORUS 1350-2’ (unpatented). This new blackberry cultivar can be distinguished by its high yields of extremely large and very uniformly shaped berries with very good firmness, color, and flavor and that are borne on vigorous, completely thornless trailing plants.

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, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its high yields of extremely large and very uniformly shaped berries with very good firmness, color, and flavor and that are borne on vigorous, completely thornless trailing plants.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP28369 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.