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US Plant Patent PP17162

Ouachita

Blackberry plant named ‘Ouachita’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 24, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 3, 2023. This patent earned 235 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17162, the photograph of Ouachita printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17162, 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
PP17162
Filed
March 3, 2003
Granted
October 24, 2006
Expires
October 24, 2023
Assignee
UNIV ARKANSAS DIVISION OF AGRI
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 a hand pollinated cross of Navaho (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,679)×Arkansas selection 1506 (non-patented) is provided. This new blackberry variety can be distinguished by its high fruit yields, large fruit size, erect thornless canes, mid-season ripening, prolific fruiting row establishment, and good fruit quality.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of blackberry plant, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its high yields, large fruit size, erect thornless canes, mid-season ripening, prolific fruiting row establishment, and good fruit quality.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17162 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.