US Plant Patent PP34770
TH-1987
Southern highbush blueberry plant named ‘TH-1987’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends May 17, 2042.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

The record
- Patent number
- PP34770
- Filed
- May 17, 2022
- Granted
- November 29, 2022
- Expires
- May 17, 2042
- Assignee
- UNIV GEORGIA
- Inventor
- NESMITH D SCOTT
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Vaccinium plant named ‘TH-1987’, characterized by a combination of early season ripening and flowering, large berries with good flavor, firmness, and scar; and a low chill requirement about 150 hours, or less, below about 45° F.
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 the Vaccinium plant named ‘TH-1987’ as illustrated and described herein.
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