US Plant Patent PP12283
Ruby
Strawberry plant called ‘Ruby’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired February 4, 2020. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.
The record
- Patent number
- PP12283
- Filed
- February 4, 2000
- Granted
- December 18, 2001
- Expires
- February 4, 2020
- Inventor
- CHANG PEGGY PAI-CHI
Abstract
‘Ruby’ is a new and distinct short-day cultivar of strawberry plant, which produces large conic shape, glossy red color, sweet, juicy and firm fruits. The production is higher than ‘Camarosa’ and the semi-early maturity is similar to ‘Camarosa’ when grown in central and south Florida. ‘Ruby’ plant has the characteristics of low chilling requirement, open plant type, long fruit stem, easy harvesting characteristics which is adapted to growing in the major fruit production areas of the Southeastern United States.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12283 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.