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US Plant Patent PP33330

Ponca

Blackberry plant named ‘Ponca’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 21, 2040.

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 PP33330, the photograph of Ponca printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP33330, 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
PP33330
Filed
May 21, 2020
Granted
August 10, 2021
Expires
May 21, 2040
Assignee
UNIV ARKANSAS
Inventor
CLARK JOHN R

Abstract

Description and specifications of a new and distinct cultivar of blackberry plant named ‘Ponca’ which originated from seed produced by a hand-pollinated cross ‘Ark. 2406’ (a non-patented, unreleased genotype) x ‘Ark. 2253T’ (a non-patented, unreleased genotype). This new cultivar of blackberry plant can be distinguished by its medium size, very firm berries with very sweet, sub-acid flavor, excellent postharvest fruit-handling potential, early season ripening, and excellent plant health.

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 named ‘Ponca’ substantially as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP33330 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.