US Plant Patent PP24512
Buddy
Strawberry plant named ‘Buddy’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends October 17, 2032.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 29, 2032. This patent earned 49 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP24512
- Filed
- August 29, 2012
- Granted
- June 3, 2014
- Expires
- October 17, 2032
- Inventor
- SIMPSON DAVID WILLIAM; WHITEHOUSE ADAM BARRIE; JOHNSON ABIGAIL WENDY
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of strawberry plant named ‘Buddy’ particularly characterized by an everbearing plant with good vigor, producing attractive, glossy berries with excellent eating quality, is disclosed.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
We claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of strawberry plant named ‘Buddy’ as described and shown herein.
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