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US Plant Patent PP21181

Azulema

Blueberry plant named ‘Azulema’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends October 21, 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 PP21181, the photograph of Azulema printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP21181, 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
PP21181
Filed
October 21, 2008
Granted
August 3, 2010
Expires
October 21, 2028
Assignee
ROYAL BERRIES S L
Inventor
ALAMO ANTONIO ABAD; HAYLER LOPEZ JOSE ULF; 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 high quality firm light blue flattened-round berries exhibit a superb aromatic blueberry flavor. The plant is self-fertile, and displays a generally round to vase-shaped 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.

We claim: 1. A new and distinct Blueberry plant that possesses the following combination of characteristics: (a) flowers and forms fruit at mid-season, (b) displays a generally round to vase-shaped growth habit with attractive evergreen foliage, (c) is self-fertile, (d) displays a low chilling requirement, and (e) forms in abundance attractive firm light blue flattened-round berries that exhibit a superb aromatic blueberry flavor and a good shelf life following harvest; substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP21181 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.