US Plant Patent PP24809
BB05-274MI-139
Blueberry plant named ‘BB05-274MI-139’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends December 4, 2032.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 16, 2032. This patent earned 49 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP24809
- Filed
- October 16, 2012
- Granted
- August 26, 2014
- Expires
- December 4, 2032
- Assignee
- BERRY BLUE LLC
- Inventor
- WHEELER EDMUND J; HANCOCK JAMES F
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of blueberry plant named ‘BB05-274MI-139’ as described and shown herein. ‘BB05-274MI-139’ 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 ripening variety that ripens approximately at the same time as Elliott, and 25 days after Bluecrop. ‘BB05-274MI-139’ provides a very good yield potential, very good plant vigor, fruit quality and firmness, as well as characteristics suitable to mechanical harvesting, and very good flavor and texture.
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What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Blueberry plant named ‘BB05-274MI-139’ as described and shown herein.
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