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US Plant Patent PP26820

Kapu

Japanese haskap plant named ‘Kapu’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 13, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 14, 2034. This patent earned 121 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP26820, the photograph of Kapu printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP26820, 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
PP26820
Filed
August 14, 2014
Granted
June 14, 2016
Expires
December 13, 2034
Assignee
MAXINE M THOMPSON TRUST, THOMPSON MAXINE M
Inventor
THOMPSON MAXINE M

Abstract

A new cultivar of Japanese haskap plant, ‘Kapu’, that is characterized by its very upright and spreading plant habit, its vigorous growth habit, its high fruit yields, its frost tolerant flowers, its fruits that are medium large in size, oval-ovate in shape, very firm, produce little juice, good tasting, suitable for dried fruit production, and maintain their appearance, firmness and taste for at least 4 weeks in cold storage at 33° F. to 35° F., and its little or no disease or pest problems requiring no chemicals for desirable fruit production.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Japanese haskap plant named ‘Kapu’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP26820 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.