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US Plant Patent PP13311

Millennium-Late

Hop plant named ‘Millennium-Late’

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 PP13311, the photograph of Millennium-Late printed in the patent.
Figure 5 from US Plant Patent PP13311, 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
PP13311
Filed
September 9, 1999
Granted
December 3, 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-Late’ selected from the progeny of tetraploid ‘Nugget’×prorietary line No. ‘833-53M’, characterized by a high percentage of alpha-acids, a higher alpha/beta ratio, significantly higher percentages of humulene and caryophyllene, coupled with a high yield and resistance to powdery mildew. Harvest maturity is late, similar to ‘Nugget’ and following ‘Galena’ by about 1 week.

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

What is claimed: 1. A new variety of hop plant substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13311 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.