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US Plant Patent PP21685

Elegance

Raspberry plant named ‘Elegance’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends August 12, 2029.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 31, 2029. This patent earned 12 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP21685, the photograph of Elegance printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP21685, 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
PP21685
Filed
July 31, 2009
Granted
February 1, 2011
Expires
August 12, 2029
Assignee
PLANT SCIENCES INC, BERRY R & D INC
Inventor
ACKERMAN STEPHEN M; ADAMS SCOTT W

Abstract

This invention relates to a new and distinct everbearing variety of raspberry plant named ‘ELEGANCE’. The new variety is primarily adapted to the growing conditions of the central coast of California and is characterized by the following: firm, glossy medium-red fruit of conic shape, even color, and very good flavor. Foliage is slightly to strongly concave, medium green; possessing medium to strong rugosity and mostly 3-foliate. Primocanes have a weak waxy coat, medium thorn density, and weak anthocyanin coloration. Time of production of the floricane crop is early.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct Rubus idaeus variety of raspberry plant named ‘ELEGANCE’, as herein described and illustrated by the characteristics set forth above.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP21685 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.