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US Plant Patent PP17819

Marcela

Raspberry plant named ‘Marcela’

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 PP17819, the photograph of Marcela printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17819, 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
PP17819
Filed
July 15, 2005
Granted
June 19, 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 Claret Rose fruit which is lighter in coloration than that of the ‘Autumn Bliss’ cultivar (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,597) when mature. The new cultivar displays spiney stems and canes unlike the ‘Joan Squire’ cultivar (non-patented in the United States). The fruit is very firm and is firmer than that of the ‘Autumn Bliss’ cultivar, and is well suited for consumption as high grade fresh fruit. The very firm nature of the mature fruit is advantageous during harvest, shipment, and marketing.

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 glossy conical-shaped Claret Rose fruit which is lighter in coloration than that of the ‘Autumn Bliss’ cultivar when mature, (b) displays spiny stems and canes unlike the ‘Joan Squire’ cultivar, and (c) produces very firm fruit that is firmer than that of the ‘Autumn Bliss’ cultivar and is well suited for consumption as high grade fresh fruit; substantially as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17819 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.