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US Plant Patent PP15185

Aurora

Blueberry plant denominated ‘Aurora’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 23, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

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 PP15185, the photograph of Aurora printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15185, 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
PP15185
Filed
January 23, 2003
Granted
September 28, 2004
Expires
January 23, 2023
Assignee
UNIV MICHIGAN STATE
Inventor
HANCOCK JAMES F

Abstract

Aurora is a new blueberry variety of Vaccinium corymbosum. It is a productive, very late ripening variety with high fresh market quality intended for areas where northern highbush varieties are grown successfully. Plants of Aurora are vigorous and upright. Canes are numerous, moderately branched and the fruit are well exposed. Its berries are moderately large, have small, dry picking scars, excellent powder-blue color, delicious flavor and excellent firmness. Aurora has a harvest season that begins about 5 days after the variety known as 'Elliott.'

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

What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct highbush blueberry plant, substantially as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15185 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.