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US Plant Patent PP21553

FL01-173

Southern highbush blueberry plant named ‘FL01-173’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends October 5, 2029.

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 PP21553, the photograph of FL01-173 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP21553, 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
PP21553
Filed
October 5, 2009
Granted
December 7, 2010
Expires
October 5, 2029
Assignee
FLORIDA FOUNDATION SEED PRODUCERS INC
Inventor
LYRENE PAUL M

Abstract

A southern highbush blueberry ( Vaccinium corymbosum L.) variety particularly distinguished by a low chilling requirement, very upright growth habit, vigorous early-spring leafing, early ripening (50% ripe berries in north Florida around April 24), very open berry cluster; and berries that are large and firm, somewhat darker in color, have good flavor, texture, and keeping quality, and have a small, dry picking scar.

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 southern highbush blueberry plant as shown and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP21553 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.