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US Plant Patent PP13759

Zorro

Blackberry plant named ‘Zorro’

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 PP13759, the photograph of Zorro printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13759, 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
PP13759
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 nerw and distinct cultivar of blackberry plant named "Zorro'. The new cultivar is distinguished from other blackberry cultivars by its high productivity, early season, and low chill requirement. "Zorro' 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 distinct cultivar of blackberry plant, substantially as shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13759 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.