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US Plant Patent PP28437

FCM12-097

Blueberry plant named ‘FCM12-097’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 28, 2036.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 21, 2036. This patent earned 38 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP28437, the photograph of FCM12-097 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP28437, 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
PP28437
Filed
January 21, 2016
Granted
September 26, 2017
Expires
February 28, 2036
Assignee
FALL CREEK FARM AND NURSERY INC
Inventor
BRAZELTON DAVID M; WAGNER ADAM L; BOCHES PETER STEFAN; BERMUDO ANTONIO A ALAMO

Abstract

The new blueberry plant variety ‘FCM12-097’ is provided. ‘FCM12-097’ is a commercial variety intended for the hand harvest fresh market. The variety is produced from a cross of ‘FF03-194’ and ‘FL00-180’. ‘FCM12-097’ can be distinguished by its outstanding features of producing large fruit with a small picking scar on current season's growth, a moderately branched growth habit, low vigor, very widely spaced internodes, wide leaves with a rounded base, urceolate flowers, and large, light blue fruit with a moderately flattened shape.

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

The invention claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of blueberry plant named ‘FCM12-097’ substantially as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP28437 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.