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US Plant Patent PP27531

TH-917

Southern highbush blueberry plant named ‘TH-917’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends July 10, 2035.

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 PP27531, the photograph of TH-917 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP27531, 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
PP27531
Filed
July 10, 2015
Granted
January 10, 2017
Expires
July 10, 2035
Assignee
UNIV GEORGIA
Inventor
NESMITH D SCOTT

Abstract

The new variety ‘TH-917’ is provided. The new and distinct variety ripens around mid May in southern Georgia and late May in middle Georgia. The fruit of the new variety ‘TH-917’ are large, firm, have good flavor and scar. The new variety ‘TH-917’ is vigorous with an estimated chilling requirement of about 500 to 550 hours at or below approximately 7° C. The asexually reproduced variety is reliably propagated vegetatively.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of southern highbush blueberry plant named ‘TH-917’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP27531 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.