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US Plant Patent PP15058

Driscoll Carmel

Blackberry plant named ‘Driscoll Carmel’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 9, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 27, 2022. This patent earned 74 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15058, the photograph of Driscoll Carmel printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15058, 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
PP15058
Filed
November 27, 2002
Granted
August 3, 2004
Expires
February 9, 2023
Assignee
DRISCOLL STRAWBERRY ASS INC
Inventor
FEAR CARLOS D; SILLS GAVIN; COOK FRED M; HARRISON RICHARD E

Abstract

The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of blackberry plant named Driscoll Carmel. The new cultivar is distinguished from other blackberry cultivars by its high productivity, early season, and low chill requirement. Driscoll Carmel produces fruit with improved quality and shipping characteristics over a long fruiting period. The new cultivar is distinguished from its seed parent by having better flavored fruit; it is distinguished from its pollen parent by its larger fruit.

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

We claim: 1. A new and distinctive cultivar of blackberry plant, substantially as shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15058 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.