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US Plant Patent PP14682

Driscoll Sonoma

Blackberry plant named ‘Driscoll Sonoma’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 29, 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 PP14682, the photograph of Driscoll Sonoma printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14682, 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
PP14682
Filed
January 29, 2001
Granted
April 6, 2004
Expires
January 29, 2021
Assignee
DRISCOLL STRAWBERRY ASS INC
Inventor
FEAR CARLOS D

Abstract

The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of blackberry plant named 'Driscoll Sonoma'. The new cultivar is distinguished from other blackberry cultivars by its fruit of excellent fruit flavor and shipping quality. 'Driscoll Sonoma' is a thornless mid-late season cultivar. The new cultivar is distinguished from its seed parent by its larger fruit and greater plant vigor. The new cultivar is distinguished from its pollen parent by its larger, better flavored 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 PP14682 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.