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US Plant Patent PP13128

Millennium-48

Hop plant named ‘Millennium-48’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 9, 2019. 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.

Figure 5 of US plant patent PP13128, the photograph of Millennium-48 printed in the patent.
Figure 5 from US Plant Patent PP13128, 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
PP13128
Filed
September 9, 1999
Granted
October 29, 2002
Expires
September 9, 2019
Inventor
PROBASCO EUGENE G

Abstract

A new and distinct triploid hop, Humulus lupulus , plant named ‘Millennium-48’ selected from the progeny of tetraploid ‘Nugget’×proprietary line No. ‘833-53M’, characterized by a high yield and resistance to powdery mildew. Harvest maturity is late, similar to ‘Nugget’ and following ‘Galena’ by about 1 week.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13128 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.