US Plant Patent PP21554

FL96-43

Southern highbush blueberry plant named ‘FL96-43’

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.

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The record

Patent number: PP21554
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 ) variety particularly distinguished by having a low chilling requirement, especially for the flower buds, a vigorous, upright bush, light-blue berries with a small, dry picking scar, high firmness, and good flavor, and a very loose berry cluster.

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.

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