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US Plant Patent PP17986

Joan Irene

Raspberry plant named ‘Joan Irene’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 14, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 15, 2025. This patent earned 61 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17986, the photograph of Joan Irene printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17986, 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
PP17986
Filed
July 15, 2005
Granted
September 4, 2007
Expires
September 14, 2025
Assignee
MEDWAY FRUITS
Inventor
JENNINGS DEREK L

Abstract

A new and distinct Rubus idaeus L. plant is provided that is the product of a controlled breeding program. The new Raspberry plant abundantly forms attractive conical-shaped Cardinal Red fruit which commonly is lighter in coloration than that of the ‘Joan J’ cultivar (non-patented in the United States). The fruit commonly starts to ripen approximately four weeks later than that of the ‘Joan J’ cultivar in Southern England. Also, the mature fruit is firmer than that of the ‘Joan J’ cultivar, and is well suited for consumption as high grade fresh fruit.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Raspberry plant having the following combination of characteristics: (a) abundantly forms attractive conical-shaped Cardinal Red fruit which commonly is lighter in coloration than that of the ‘Joan J’ cultivar when mature, (b) commonly produces fruit that starts to ripen approximately four weeks later than the ‘Joan J’ cultivar in Southern England, and (c) produces mature fruit that is firmer than that of the ‘Joan J’ cultivar and is well suited for consumption as high grade fresh fruit; substantially as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17986 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.