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US Plant Patent PP14781

Driscoll Madonna

Raspberry plant named ‘Driscoll Madonna’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 27, 2022. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14781, the photograph of Driscoll Madonna printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14781, 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
PP14781
Filed
November 27, 2002
Granted
May 11, 2004
Expires
November 27, 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 Madonna. The new cultivar is distinguished from other raspberry cultivars by its large fruit with excellent fruit firmness and structure. The new cultivar is distinguished from its seed parent by having better flavor. The new cultivar is distinguished from its pollen parent by producing larger, firmer 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 described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14781 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.