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US Plant Patent PP17881

Black Delight

Plum tree named ‘Black Delight’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 21, 2026. 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 PP17881, the photograph of Black Delight printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17881, 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
PP17881
Filed
February 21, 2006
Granted
July 24, 2007
Expires
February 21, 2026
Assignee
GERAWAN FARMING
Inventor
GERAWAN MIKE

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of plum characterized by producing a freestone fruit with good dark-red coloration that is ripe for commercial harvesting and shipping June 13-15 in the San Joaquin Valley of Central California. The new variety, a plum seedling, is similar to ‘Black Beaut’ plum tree (unpatented). Fruit from ‘Black Delight’ is distinguishable and has very good dark coloration, has very good flavor, stores very well, and ripens several days before ‘Black Beaut’.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of plum tree having characteristics described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17881 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.