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US Plant Patent PP20227

Super Galena

Hop plant named ‘Super Galena’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 21, 2026.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 31, 2026. This patent earned 324 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP20227, the photograph of Super Galena printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP20227, 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
PP20227
Filed
January 31, 2006
Granted
August 18, 2009
Expires
December 21, 2026
Assignee
STEINER INC S S
Inventor
JESKE ROGER D; BRULOTTE JOE

Abstract

A novel variety of hop, Humulus lupulus L., named “Super Galena” is disclosed. “Super Galena” has relatively high contents of bitter acids, beta-acids, total oil, and humulene, and a moderate, pleasant aroma. “Super Galena” is comparable to Galena in its aroma and bitterness profile but offers a substantially higher yield and complete resistance to hop powdery mildew strains found in Washington, United States. The new variety was discovered among the progeny of a sexual cross made in 1998 in Yakima, Wash., United States and has been asexually reproduced and assessed in field plots 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 “Super Galena” as herein described and illustrated with a high percentage of beta acid, exceptional yield, and resistance to hop powdery mildew strains found in Washington.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP20227 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.