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US Plant Patent PP14035

Motueka

Raspberry variety named ‘Motueka’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 23, 2022. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 25, 2021. This patent earned 243 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14035, the photograph of Motueka printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14035, 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
PP14035
Filed
May 25, 2001
Granted
July 29, 2003
Expires
January 23, 2022
Assignee
HORTICULTURE & FOOD RES INST
Inventor
HALL HARVEY K

Abstract

A new and distinct floricane fruiting variety of red raspberry, named "Motueka', botanically identified as Rubus idaeus L. is described. The new variety is distinguished from others by its high yields of medium sized, high flavored, moderately bright and medium red berries. The plant exhibits a spine-free upright growth habit of medium vigor. The fruit are suitable for consumption as fresh berries and are also amenable to processing. Fruit are detached easily and the variety is well suited for harvest by machine as demonstrated in trials with a Korvan 9000 harvester. In addition, the plant has displayed resistance to Raspberry Bushy Dwarf Virus (RBDV).

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of raspberry plant, Rubus idaeus L, substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14035 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.