Plant
Vaccinium
20 US plant patents name this plant. 0 have expired, so those cultivars are free to propagate and sell. The next of the 20 still protected comes off patent on December 22, 2029.
Still under patent — 20 cultivars
Soonest to come off patent first. You may not propagate these for sale until the date shown.
- Red CandyPP22105Vaccinium plant named ‘Red Candy’UNDER PATENTDecember 22, 2029
- CORABLUEPP22521Vaccinium plant named ‘CORABLUE’UNDER PATENTJune 3, 2030
- RIDLEY 1403PP25432Vaccinium hybrid plant named ‘RIDLEY 1403’UNDER PATENTApril 3, 2033
- Vacsid1PP25067Vaccinium plant named ‘Vacsid1’UNDER PATENTJune 24, 2033
- Winter BellPP27642Vaccinium plant named ‘Winter Bell’UNDER PATENTFebruary 27, 2035
- Ridley 3402PP26972Vaccinium hybrid plant named ‘Ridley 3402’UNDER PATENTMarch 6, 2035
- JAACPP27658Vaccinium plant named ‘JAAC’UNDER PATENTJuly 24, 2035
- VacBri 1PP30087Vaccinium plant named ‘VacBri 1’UNDER PATENTMarch 27, 2037
- RYOKU NH-13PP30914Vaccinium plant named ‘RYOKU NH-13’UNDER PATENTDecember 21, 2037
- Hoogi045PP31768Vaccinium plant named ‘Hoogi045’UNDER PATENTMarch 21, 2039
- FC12-029PP32183Vaccinium plant named ‘FC12-029’UNDER PATENTSeptember 26, 2039
- ZF06-089PP32184Vaccinium plant named ‘ZF06-089’UNDER PATENTSeptember 26, 2039
- FC12-187PP32185Vaccinium plant named ‘FC12-187’UNDER PATENTSeptember 26, 2039
- Vacbri2PP34948Vaccinium plant named ‘Vacbri2’UNDER PATENTMarch 31, 2042
- DW18-04PP35443Vaccinium plant named ‘DW18-04’UNDER PATENTSeptember 28, 2042
- FC13-044PP36197Vaccinium plant named ‘FC13-044’UNDER PATENTJanuary 31, 2043
- FC10-076PP36211Vaccinium plant named ‘FC10-076’UNDER PATENTJanuary 31, 2043
- Cascade JewelPP35894Vaccinium ovatum plant named ‘Cascade Jewel’UNDER PATENTJune 26, 2043
- BWPBLUE02PP36319Vaccinium plant named ‘BWPBLUE02’UNDER PATENTDecember 4, 2043
- NC4499PP36212Vaccinium plant named ‘NC4499’UNDER PATENTFebruary 21, 2044
Botanically this is Vaccinium. A patent expiring frees the plant, and its cultivar name with it — cultivar names cannot be trademarked. Any brand name it is sold under is a separate thing and may still be owned.