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US Plant Patent PP28173

Pearl

Raspberry plant named ‘Pearl’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends October 22, 2035.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 28, 2035. This patent earned 24 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP28173, the photograph of Pearl printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP28173, 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
PP28173
Filed
September 28, 2015
Granted
July 11, 2017
Expires
October 22, 2035
Assignee
FIVE ACES BREEDING LLC
Inventor
SWARTZ HARRY JAN; MCCARTHY EVA; VINSON PETER EDWARD

Abstract

The present invention is a new and distinct floricane fruiting red raspberry cultivar named ‘Pearl’, which is capable of producing large quantities of commercial size and quality fruit in subtropical or warm temperate areas which experience little winter chilling. The cultivar is characterized by high bud break and vigorous flower truss growth from floricanes on low chilled plants which bear fruit early in the season. ‘Pearl’ fruit is light colored, truncated conic, firm, easily seen and picked and uniform; making it suitable for commercial shipping. The plant has a tendency toward trifoliolate (vs. pentafoliolate) leaves, dark red, somewhat innocuous thorns, and relatively smooth and simple leaf margins.

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, floricane, red raspberry plant known as ‘Pearl’ as described herein, illustrated and identified by the characteristics set forth above.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP28173 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.