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US Plant Patent PP16404

Springhigh

Blueberry plant called ‘Springhigh’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 31, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 21, 2024. This patent earned 193 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16404, the photograph of Springhigh printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16404, 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
PP16404
Filed
June 21, 2004
Granted
April 4, 2006
Expires
December 31, 2024
Assignee
FLORIDA FOUND SEED PRODUCERS INC
Inventor
LYRENE PAUL M

Abstract

A new and distinct low-chill southern highbush ( Vaccinium corymbosum ) cultivar. Its novelty lies in the following unique combination of features: 1. Has a low chilling requirement. 2. Has a vigorous, upright bush. 3. Produces large berries with small, dry picking scar and good firmness, flavor and texture. 4. Ripens its crop early in the season, with most of the harvest in northest Florida coming between April 15 and May 10.

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

1. A new and distinct southern highbush blueberry plant, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by having a vigorous, upright, durable bush that produces large berries that ripen very early in the season.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16404 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.