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US Plant Patent PP20374

Rocio

Blueberry plant named ‘Rocio’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends June 13, 2028.

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 PP20374, the photograph of Rocio printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP20374, 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
PP20374
Filed
June 13, 2008
Granted
September 29, 2009
Expires
June 13, 2028
Assignee
ROYAL BERRIES S L
Inventor
ALAMO ANTONIO ABAD; LOPEZ JOSE ULF HAYLER; LYRENE PAUL M

Abstract

A new and distinct Blueberry cultivar is provided that is the product of a controlled breeding program followed by selection. The cultivar flowers very early and forms fruit that ripens very early. The attractive berries are extremely firm and exhibit an excellent balance of acid-sweetness. The plant is self-fertile and displays a generally vase to upright growth habit with attractive evergreen foliage. A low chilling requirement is also exhibited.

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 that possess the following combination of characteristics: (a) flowers very early and forms fruit that ripens very early, (b) displays a generally vase to upright growth habit with attractive evergreen foliage, (c) is self-fertile, (d) displays a low chilling requirement, and (e) forms in abundance extremely firm violet-blue berries that exhibit an excellent balance of acid-sweetness; substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP20374 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.