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US Plant Patent PP17864

BG-959

Strawberry plant named ‘BG-959’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 18, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 6, 2025. This patent earned 195 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17864, the photograph of BG-959 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17864, 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
PP17864
Filed
April 6, 2005
Granted
July 17, 2007
Expires
October 18, 2025
Assignee
BERRY GENETICS INC
Inventor
NELSON STEVEN D; NELSON MICHAEL D; STOECKLE LEE W

Abstract

This invention relates to a new and distinct short-day variety of strawberry plant named ‘BG-959’. This new variety is primarily adapted to the growing conditions of the southern coast of California. A small plant with large uniformly shaped berries primarily characterizes the new variety. Foliage is small in size with short petioles producing very few bract leaflets. Production is early beginning as early as late December, producing upwards of 20% of 25% of it production by the end of February. The fruit is large in size, very firm, flat conical in shape with a smooth surface lacking creases and ridges.

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

1. A new and distinct strawberry plant named ‘BG-959’, as herein described and illustrated by the characteristics set forth above.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17864 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.