US Plant Patent PP10147
H900322-4
Hop plant named `H900322-4`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired February 28, 2016. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.
The record
- Patent number
- PP10147
- Filed
- February 28, 1996
- Granted
- December 9, 1997
- Expires
- February 28, 2016
- Assignee
- HAAS INC JOHN I
- Inventor
- PROBASCO GENE
Abstract
A new and distinct triploid hop, Humulus lupulus, plant selected from the progeny of USDA `21055` X John I. Haas, Inc. No. `833-53M`, characterized by an unusually high percentage of alpha-acids, coupled with a high yield. This plant also has a high amount of farnesene as a component in the essential oil (8.8% of the total oil is farnesene). None of the USA high alpha-acids varieties has farnesene in the oil. Further, `H900322-4` (hereinafter "H900322-4") has a higher cohumulone content (44.0%) of the alpha-acids than any of the USA high alpha-acids varieties. Harvest maturity is medium-late, with `Nugget` and following `Galena` by about 1 week. Cone size is medium to large yet compact and ovoid, and easily machancially harvested. Cones are non-shattering, and have bracts that are of a darker green color than bracteoles, resulting in a striped appearance.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I Claim: 1. A new variety of hop plant substantially as herein shown and described characterized by the unusually high percentage of alpha-acids in the cones and high cone yields per plant compared to all other commercially available varieties in the USA.
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