US Plant Patent PP19512

Rafzaqu

Variety of Raspberry plant named ‘Rafzaqu’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 23, 2026. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 30, 2025. This patent earned 146 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP19512, the photograph of Rafzaqu printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP19512, 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: PP19512
Filed: September 30, 2005
Granted: December 2, 2008
Expires: February 23, 2026
Assignee: PROMO FRUIT LTD
Inventor: HAUENSTEIN PETER

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of raspberry plant, designated ‘RAFZAQU’, characterized by large, firm, easily detachable fruit with excellent flavor, medium spine density on very young shoots, free to touching lateral leaflets and a medium time of ripening on canes.

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 Rubus idaeus plant, identified as ‘RAFZAQU’, substantially as shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP19512 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.