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US Plant Patent PP16266

Alapaha

Rabbiteye blueberry plant named ‘Alapaha’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 30, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 26, 2022. This patent earned 277 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16266, the photograph of Alapaha printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16266, 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
PP16266
Filed
September 26, 2002
Granted
February 21, 2006
Expires
June 30, 2023
Assignee
UNIV GEORGIA RES FOUND
Inventor
NESMITH D SCOTT; DRAPER ARLEN D

Abstract

The most distinctive feature of the rabbiteye blueberry, ‘Alapaha’, is its combination of early ripening and late flowering. This combination results in reduction of frost damage during flowering, with subsequent significant increases in productivity of high quality fruit over the current early varieties for Georgia.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of rabbiteye blueberry plant, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its early ripening and late flowering resulting in high productivity of high quality fruit.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16266 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.