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US Plant Patent PP30448

Eclipse

Blackberry plant named ‘Eclipse’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends June 20, 2037.

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 PP30448, the photograph of Eclipse printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP30448, 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
PP30448
Filed
June 20, 2017
Granted
April 30, 2019
Expires
June 20, 2037
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 ‘ORUS 1393-1’ (unpatented) and the male blackberry plant ‘Triple Crown’ (unpatented). This new blackberry is unique in that it contains all three commercial blackberry types (trailing, erect, and semi-erect) in its pedigree as either a parent or a grandparent. This new blackberry cultivar can be distinguished by being early ripening for a semi-erect blackberry, by its medium-sized, firm berries with tough skin and very good flavor, by its medium to high yields borne on a vigorous plant with a semi-erect type growth habit and by its completely thornless canes.

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

The invention claimed is: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of thornless blackberry plant, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its medium sized fruit that are sweet, firm and have a tough skin and that ripen earlier than most semi-erect blackberry cultivars.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP30448 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.