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US Plant Patent PP18602

BRAVO

Hop plant named ‘BRAVO’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 26, 2026. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 31, 2026. This patent earned 54 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18602, the photograph of BRAVO printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18602, 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
PP18602
Filed
January 31, 2006
Granted
March 18, 2008
Expires
March 26, 2026
Assignee
STEINER INC S S
Inventor
JESKE ROGER D; BRULOTTE JOE

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of hop, Humulus lupulus L., named “01046” is characterized by its exceptional cone yield, high percentage of alpha acids, and resistance to hop powdery mildew strains found in Washington. The new variety was cultivated as a result of a cross in 2000 at Golden Gate Roza Hop Ranches in Prosser, Wash., United States and has been asexually reproduced in Prosser, Wash., United States.

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

1. A new and distinct hop plant, named “BRAVO” as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18602 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.