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US Plant Patent PP31689

16TP4

Rubus plant named ‘16TP4’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends September 7, 2038.

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 PP31689, the photograph of 16TP4 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP31689, 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
PP31689
Filed
September 7, 2018
Granted
April 21, 2020
Expires
September 7, 2038
Assignee
Beekers Berries Breeding BV
Inventor
DE JONGH JOHANNES ADRIANUS PETRUS

Abstract

A new cultivar of Rubus named ‘16TP4’ that is characterized by its thornless canes, its semi-upright plant habit, its 3 or 5 leaflets per leaf, its late flowering season, its berries that are 10 to 20 grams in weight, and its fruiting on floricanes only.

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 Rubus plant named ‘16TP4’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP31689 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.