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US Plant Patent PP32028

OPTIMUS

Blueberry plant named ‘OPTIMUS’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 29, 2039.

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 PP32028, the photograph of OPTIMUS printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP32028, 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
PP32028
Filed
January 29, 2019
Granted
August 4, 2020
Expires
January 29, 2039
Assignee
FLORIDA FOUND SEED PRODUCERS INC
Inventor
LYRENE PAUL M; OLMSTEAD JAMES W

Abstract

‘OPTIMUS’ is a new and distinct southern highbush blueberry ( Vaccinium corymbosum L.) variety distinguished at least by a low chilling requirement, particularly for the flower buds; good field disease resistance; vigorous, upright growth habit; earlier fruit ripening; and round, firm, sweet fruit that are medium in size, suitable for machine harvest, and have very small, dry picking scars.

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 variety of southern highbush blueberry plant named ‘OPTIMUS’, as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP32028 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.