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US Plant Patent PP18659

Driscoll Sevillana

Raspberry plant name ‘Driscoll Sevillana’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 14, 2026. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 6, 2026. This patent earned 128 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18659, the photograph of Driscoll Sevillana printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18659, 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
PP18659
Filed
January 6, 2006
Granted
March 25, 2008
Expires
May 14, 2026
Assignee
DRISCOLL STRAWBERRY ASS INC
Inventor
FEAR CARLOS; HARRISON RICK

Abstract

The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of raspberry plant named ‘Driscoll Sevillana’. The new cultivar is distinguished from other raspberry cultivars by its large firm fruit with consistent fruit structure and high yield. The new cultivar is distinguished from its parent by being a less vigorous plant, producing more uniform and more elongated shape fruit, and having larger and less acidic fruit.

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 raspberry plant, substantially as shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18659 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.