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US Plant Patent PP14903

Driscoll Cardinal

Raspberry plant named ‘Driscoll Cardinal’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 3, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 27, 2022. This patent earned 37 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14903, the photograph of Driscoll Cardinal printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14903, 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
PP14903
Filed
November 27, 2002
Granted
June 15, 2004
Expires
January 3, 2023
Assignee
DRISCOLL STRAWBERRY ASS INC
Inventor
FEAR CARLOS D; HARRISON RICHARD E; COOK FRED M; SILLS GAVIN

Abstract

The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of raspberry plant named Driscoll Cardinal. The new cultivar is distinguished from other raspberry cultivars by its firm and very consistent fruit with regard to its size and shape throughout its harvest period. The new cultivar is distinguished from its seed parent by having larger fruit and more vigorous canes; it is distinguished from its pollen parent by producing a higher yield of fruit and better flavored 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 distinctive cultivar of raspberry plant, substantially as shown and

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14903 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.