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US Plant Patent PP17744

Moutere

Raspberry plant named ‘Moutere’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 22, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 1, 2024. This patent earned 235 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17744, the photograph of Moutere printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17744, 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
PP17744
Filed
June 1, 2004
Granted
May 22, 2007
Expires
January 22, 2025
Assignee
HORTICULTURE & FOOD RES INST
Inventor
HALL HARVEY K

Abstract

A new and distinct floricane fruiting variety of red raspberry, named ‘Moutere’, botanically identified as Rubus idaeus L. is described. The new variety is distinguished from others by its early season high yields of attractive, uniform sized, large, bright red berries. The plant exhibits a semi spine-free upright growth habit, of strong vigor. The fruit are suitable for consumption as early season high-grade fresh berries and are very attractive when packaged for the fresh market. In addition, the plant has displayed resistance to Raspberry Bushy Dwarf Virus (RBDV) under New Zealand conditions.

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 ‘Moutere’, substantially as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17744 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.