US Plant Patent PP11313
Kiwigold
Yellow raspberry plant named `Kiwigold`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired December 8, 2015. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 10, 2017, but this patent ends 489 days earlier — a terminal disclaimer gives term back. A source that calculates twenty years from filing would tell you this plant is still protected when it is already free.
The record
- Patent number
- PP11313
- Filed
- April 10, 1997
- Granted
- March 28, 2000
- Expires
- December 8, 2015
- Inventor
- THOMAS CHRISTOPHER
Abstract
A new and unique raspberry `Kiwigold` that has well-formed fruit of yellow color when ripe.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
What is claimed: 1. A new and distinct raspberry cultivar as herein described and illustrated.
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