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US Plant Patent PP20459

GRANDEUR

Raspberry plant named ‘GRANDEUR’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends July 17, 2028.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 15, 2028. This patent earned 2 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP20459, the photograph of GRANDEUR printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP20459, 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
PP20459
Filed
July 15, 2008
Granted
November 10, 2009
Expires
July 17, 2028
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 ‘GRANDEUR’. The new variety is primarily adapted to the growing conditions of the central coast of California and is characterized by the following: large, firm, light-red fruit of conic shape, even color, and very good flavor. Foliage is slightly concave to slightly convex, medium green; possessing very strong rugosity, and always 3-foliate. Primocanes have an absent to very weak waxy coat, medium thorn density, and medium anthocyanin coloration.

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

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

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP20459 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.