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US Plant Patent PP18246

Cascade Bounty

Raspberry cultivar ‘Cascade Bounty’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 19, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 15, 2025. This patent earned 4 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18246, the photograph of Cascade Bounty printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18246, 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
PP18246
Filed
February 15, 2005
Granted
November 27, 2007
Expires
February 19, 2025
Assignee
UNIV WASHINGTON
Inventor
MOORE PATRICK P

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of raspberry (i.e., Rubus idaeus L. ). The cultivar forms medium sized, medium colored, tart flavored fruit. The fruit is round in shape with similar length and width. Based on trials on root rot infested soil, the cultivar appears to be highly tolerant of root rot, producing very high yields on these sites.

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 raspberry plant, substantially as shown and described, characterized particularly by improved resistance to root rot.

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