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US Plant Patent PP24807

BB05-251MI-14

Blueberry plant named “BB05-251MI-14”

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 28, 2032.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 16, 2032. This patent earned 43 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP24807, the photograph of BB05-251MI-14 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP24807, 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
PP24807
Filed
October 16, 2012
Granted
August 26, 2014
Expires
November 28, 2032
Assignee
BERRY BLUE LLC
Inventor
WHEELER EDMUND J; HANCOCK JAMES F

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of blueberry plant named ‘BB05-251MI-14’ as described and shown herein. ‘BB05-251MI-14’ is a new and distinct high chill tetraploid Northern highbush blueberry ( Vaccinium ) variety of ancestry based largely on V. corymbosum with a limited number of genes from V. angustifolium . It is a productive late season variety that ripens approximately at the same time as Liberty, and 21 days after Bluecrop. ‘BB05-251MI-14’ provides a very good yield potential, a very good plant vigor, fruit quality and firmness, as well as mechanical harvest potential, and very good flavor and texture.

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 cultivar of Blueberry plant named ‘BB05-251MI-14’ as described and shown herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP24807 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.