US Plant Patent PP16756

Palmetto

Southern highbush blueberry plant named ‘Palmetto’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 2, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

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 PP16756, the photograph of Palmetto printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16756, 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: PP16756
Filed: August 2, 2004
Granted: July 4, 2006
Expires: August 2, 2024
Assignee: UNIV GEORGIA RES FOUND
Inventor: NESMITH D SCOTT; DRAPER ARLEN D

Abstract

The most distinctive feature of the southern highbush blueberry, ‘Palmetto’, is its combination of early ripening, favorable commercial fruit attributes, concentrated ripening, good yield and excellent plant vigor suitable for berry production in Georgia.

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, substantially as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16756 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.