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US Plant Patent PP17983

Driscoll Thornless Sleeping Beauty

Blackberry plant named ‘Driscoll Thornless Sleeping Beauty’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 10, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 20, 2024. This patent earned 233 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17983, the photograph of Driscoll Thornless Sleeping Beauty printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17983, 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
PP17983
Filed
October 20, 2004
Granted
September 4, 2007
Expires
June 10, 2025
Assignee
DRISCOLL STRAWBERRY ASS INC
Inventor
CABRERA AVALOS REYNALDO

Abstract

The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of blackberry plant named ‘Driscoll Thornless Sleeping Beauty.’ The new cultivar is distinguished from other blackberry cultivars by its early season crop, large fruit size and thornless canes. ‘Driscoll Thornless Sleeping Beauty’ produces fruit with improved quality and shipping characteristics. The new cultivar is distinguished from its parent by having thornless canes.

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

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

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17983 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.