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US Plant Patent PP19137

Driscoll Estrella

Raspberry plant named ‘Driscoll Estrella’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 15, 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 221 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP19137, the photograph of Driscoll Estrella printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP19137, 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
PP19137
Filed
January 6, 2006
Granted
August 26, 2008
Expires
August 15, 2026
Assignee
DRISCOLL STRAWBERRY ASS INC
Inventor
HARRISON RICK; COOK FRED; HAMILTON BRIAN; SILLS GAVIN

Abstract

The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of raspberry plant named ‘Driscoll Estrella’. The new cultivar is distinguished from other raspberry cultivars by its yellow fruit color, fruit firmness, consistent fruit structure and high yield. The new cultivar is distinguished from its pollen parent by producing a higher yield of larger, firmer fruit with a brighter yellow color.

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 PP19137 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.