US Plant Patent PP21719

FL02-40

Southern highbush blueberry plant named ‘FL02-40’

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 PP21719, the photograph of FL02-40 printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP21719, 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: PP21719
Filed: October 5, 2009
Granted: February 22, 2011
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 very low chilling requirement (200 hours below 7° C.) with prolific early-spring leafing, a vigorous bush, a very early ripening (50% ripe berries in north Florida about April 21), and berries that are firm, sweet, and aromatic in flavor.

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 PP21719 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.