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US Plant Patent PP14804

Driscoll Maravilla

Raspberry plant named ‘Driscoll Maravilla’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 3, 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 6 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14804, the photograph of Driscoll Maravilla printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14804, 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
PP14804
Filed
November 27, 2002
Granted
May 18, 2004
Expires
December 3, 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 Maravilla. The new cultivar is distinguished from other raspberry cultivars by its fruit firmness, large size, high yield, and long post-harvest life. The new cultivar is distinguished from its seed parent by having larger and firmer fruit. The new cultivar is distinguished from its pollen parent by producing a higher yield of fruit and having shinier, brighter 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 PP14804 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.