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US Plant Patent PP28955

Willa

Japanese haskap plant named ‘Willa’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends September 6, 2036.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP28955, the photograph of Willa printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP28955, 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
PP28955
Filed
September 6, 2016
Granted
February 13, 2018
Expires
September 6, 2036
Assignee
MAXINE M THOMPSON TRUST, THOMPSON MAXINE M
Inventor
THOMPSON MAXINE M

Abstract

A new cultivar of Japanese haskap plant named ‘Willa’ that is characterized by its an upright and spreading plant habit, its moderately vigorous plant habit, its fruit that mature mid-season, its fruit that are attractive in appearance with and oval-round in shape with some having a small neck at the attachment, its fruit that are firm in texture, large in size with a pleasant, mild taste with a BRIX of 15°, and its fruit attachment to the peduncle that is medium in strength; strong enough to prevent pre-harvest drop and yet loose enough to permit picking without tearing berry flesh.

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 ‘Willa’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP28955 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.