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US Plant Patent PP25792

MNPink1

Blueberry plant named ‘MNPink1’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 21, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 17, 2033. This patent earned 94 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP25792, the photograph of MNPink1 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP25792, 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
PP25792
Filed
December 17, 2013
Granted
August 11, 2015
Expires
March 21, 2034
Assignee
UNIV MINNESOTA, LUBY JAMES
Inventor
LUBY JAMES

Abstract

A new cultivar of Vaccinium , ‘MNPink1’, characterized by its pink berries, its moderately crisp berries that have a blueberry taste with desirable aroma and sugar-acid balance, its maroon fall foliage color, its mid size plant stature; reaching about 1.25 m in height and 1.4 m in width as a mature (25-year-old) plant, and its reliably cold hardiness and productivity in U.S.D.A. Zone 4.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Blueberry plant named ‘MNPink1’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP25792 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.