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US Plant Patent PP16228

Albion

Strawberry plant named ‘Albion’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 7, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 29, 2024. This patent earned 99 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16228, the photograph of Albion printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16228, 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
PP16228
Filed
January 29, 2004
Granted
January 31, 2006
Expires
May 7, 2024
Assignee
UNIV CALIFORNIA
Inventor
SHAW DOUGLAS V; LARSON KIRK D

Abstract

This invention relates to a new and distinctive day-neutral type cultivar designated as ‘Albion’. ‘Albion’ is a day-neutral (everbearing) cultivar similar to ‘Diamante’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,435), but with higher quality fruit, lower cull rate, darker fruit, and substantially better resistance to Phytophthora cactorum; it is similar to ‘Aromas’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,451), but with larger, higher quality, firmer and better-flavored fruit.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of strawberry plant having the characteristics substantially as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16228 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.