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US Plant Patent PP15552

Bish

Strawberry plant named ‘Bish’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 14, 2023. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15552, the photograph of Bish printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15552, 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
PP15552
Filed
October 14, 2003
Granted
February 8, 2005
Expires
October 14, 2023
Assignee
UNIV NORTH CAROLINA STATE
Inventor
BALLINGTON JAMES R

Abstract

A new and distinct annual hill culture adapted variety of Fragaria×ananassa Duch. plant, designated ‘Bish’, is characterized by being significantly more resistant to anthracnose fruit rot than the current standard annual hill varieties ‘Chandler’ and ‘Camarosa’, while being equal to one or both these varieties for most other economically important fruit and plant characters. ‘Bish’ appears best adapted from the Southern Appalachians up through the Middle Atlantic regions of the United States.

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 Fragaria×ananassa Duch. plant named ‘Bish’, substantially as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15552 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.