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US Plant Patent PP14860

Driscoll Francesca

Raspberry plant named ‘Driscoll Francesca’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 30, 2022. 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 3 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14860, the photograph of Driscoll Francesca printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14860, 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
PP14860
Filed
November 27, 2002
Granted
June 1, 2004
Expires
November 30, 2022
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 Francesca. The new cultivar is distinguished from other raspberry cultivars by its fruit firmness, fruit structure, yield and flavor. The new cultivar is distinguished from its seed parent by having better flavor, it is distinguished from its pollen parent by producing fruit of consistent shape and good firmness.

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 described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14860 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.