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US Plant Patent PP13878

Chesapeake

Blackberry plant named ‘Chesapeake’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 30, 2021. 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 PP13878, the photograph of Chesapeake printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13878, 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
PP13878
Filed
July 30, 2001
Granted
June 17, 2003
Expires
July 30, 2021
Assignee
UNIV MARYLAND, VIRGINIA TECH INTELL PROP
Inventor
SWARTZ HARRY J; FIOLA JOSEPH A; STILES HERBERT D; SMITH BRIAN R

Abstract

The present invention is a new and distinct thorny blackberry cultivar named ‘Chesapeake’, which is capable of producing very large fruit in the spring midseason, the fruit being much larger and similarly durable than that of the standard cultivars. The cultivar is characterized by moderate suckering ability, recurved thorns and its very flavorful fruit which is edible even when the fruit is immature.

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 thorny blackberry plant known as ‘Chesapeake’ as described herein, illustrated and identified by the characteristics set forth above.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13878 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.