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US Plant Patent PP13758

Sleeping Beauty

Blackberry plant named ‘Sleeping Beauty’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 5, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 29, 2021. This patent earned 66 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP13758, the photograph of Sleeping Beauty printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13758, 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
PP13758
Filed
January 29, 2001
Granted
May 6, 2003
Expires
April 5, 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 "Sleeping Beauty'. The new cultivar is distinguished from other blackberry cultivars by its large fruit, low chill requirement, and long fruiting period. The new cultivar is distinguished from its pollen parent by having an earlier fruiting period and much lower chill requirement. The new cultivar is distinguished from its seed parent by having firmer and less acidic 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 distinct cultivar of blackberry plant, substantially as shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13758 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.