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US Plant Patent PP26972

Ridley 3402

Vaccinium hybrid plant named ‘Ridley 3402’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 6, 2035.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 9, 2034. This patent earned 87 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP26972, the photograph of Ridley 3402 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP26972, 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
PP26972
Filed
December 9, 2014
Granted
July 26, 2016
Expires
March 6, 2035
Assignee
MOUNTAIN BLUE ORCHARDS PTY LTD, BLUE MOUNTAIN ORCHARDS PTY LTD
Inventor
BELL RIDLEY

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Vaccinium hybrid plant named ‘Ridley 3402’, characterized by its combination of upright to semi-upright plant growth habit and strong plant growth vigor, evergreen foliage, early to mid-season flowering and fruiting, medium fruit size, moderately firm fruit with a dry picking scar suited to handling, attractive dark blue fruit color and small picking scar.

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 cultivar of Vaccinium hybrid plant named ‘Ridley 3402’, substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP26972 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.