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US Plant Patent PP28624

T-460

Rabbiteye blueberry plant named ‘T-460’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 3, 2036.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 17, 2035. This patent earned 108 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP28624, the photograph of T-460 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP28624, 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
PP28624
Filed
September 17, 2015
Granted
November 14, 2017
Expires
January 3, 2036
Assignee
UNIV GEORGIA
Inventor
NESMITH D SCOTT

Abstract

The new variety ‘T-460’ ripens around mid June in southern Georgia and early July in middle Georgia. The fruit of the new variety ‘T-460’ are large, with good scar and very good color. The new variety ‘T-460’ is moderately vigorous with an estimated chilling requirement of about 500 to 550 hours at or below approximately 7° C. The asexually reproduced variety is reliably propagated vegetatively.

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

What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of rabbiteye blueberry plant named ‘T-460’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP28624 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.