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US Plant Patent PP21182

Alba

Blueberry plant named ‘Alba’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends October 20, 2028.

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 PP21182, the photograph of Alba printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP21182, 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
PP21182
Filed
October 20, 2008
Granted
August 3, 2010
Expires
October 20, 2028
Assignee
ROYAL BERRIES S L
Inventor
ALAMO ANTONIO ABAD; LOPEZ JOSE ULF HAYLER; LYRENE PAUL M

Abstract

A new and distinct Blueberry cultivar is provided that is the product of a controlled breeding program followed by selection. The cultivar flowers and forms fruit at mid-season. The attractive firm light blue flattened-round berries exhibit a pleasant acid blueberry flavor. The plant commonly requires cross pollination, and displays a generally upright growth habit with attractive evergreen foliage. A low chilling requirement is also exhibited.

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

1. A new and distinct Blueberry plant that possess the following combination of characteristics: (a) flowers and forms fruit at mid-season, (b) displays a generally upright growth habit with attractive evergreen foliage, (c) commonly requires cross pollination for good fruit set and quality, (d) displays a low chilling requirement, and (e) forms in abundance attractive firm light blue flattened-round berries that exhibit a pleasant acid blueberry flavor; substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP21182 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.