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.

The record
- Patent number
- PP13128
- Filed
- September 9, 1999
- Granted
- October 29, 2002
- Expires
- September 9, 2019
- Assignee
- HAAS INC JOHN I
- 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.