US Plant Patent PP10610
Lauren
Raspberry plant named `Lauren`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired April 10, 2016. 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.
The record
- Patent number
- PP10610
- Filed
- April 10, 1996
- Granted
- September 22, 1998
- Expires
- April 10, 2016
- Inventor
- SWARTZ HARRY JAN; FIOLA JOSEPH A; STILES HERBERT D; SMITH BRIAN A
Abstract
This invention relates to a new and distinct spring bearing red raspberry cultivar named 'Lauren' which is capable of producing large fruit of floricanes that ripen 1 to 3 weeks earlier than 'Titan', the only other large fruited cultivar grown in the eastern United States, and several days to weeks earlier than most standard cultivars currently in widespread use. The cultivar is characterized by its moderate suckering ability, its conic, smooth and symmetrical fruit. Additionally, its canes are upright and vigorous, and it does not normally produce a fall crop.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct spring bearing red raspberry plant known as `Lauren` as described herein, illustrated and identified by the characteristics set forth above.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP10610 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.