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US Plant Patent PP19077

HX

Blueberry plant named ‘HX’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 24, 2027.

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 PP19077, the photograph of HX printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP19077, 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
PP19077
Filed
May 24, 2007
Granted
August 5, 2008
Expires
May 24, 2027
Assignee
HARTMANN S PLANT COMPANY
Inventor
HARTMANN PATRICK J

Abstract

A new and distinct low-chill blueberry ( Vaccinium ) variety ‘HX’. The parent of ‘HX’ is ‘Avonblue’ (unpatented) an interspecific hybrid of several species. ‘HX’ is (a) free flowering without the use of growth regulating chemicals, (b) has the lowest chilling requirement on all commercial cultivar, (c) has the earliest fruiting of all commercial cultivar, (d) is resistant to phytophthora cinnamomii and (e) its fruits ripen uniformly.

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, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its free flowering without use of growth regulating chemicals, very low chilling requirement, very early fruiting, resistance by phytophthora cinnamomii and uniform ripening of its fruit.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP19077 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.