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US Plant Patent PP17464

DPI Rubygem

Strawberry plant named ‘DPI Rubygem’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 7, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 9, 2024. This patent earned 119 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17464, the photograph of DPI Rubygem printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17464, 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
PP17464
Filed
December 9, 2004
Granted
March 6, 2007
Expires
April 7, 2025
Assignee
HORTICULTURE AUSTRALIA LTD
Inventor
HERRINGTON MARK E; MOISANDER JENNIFER A; CHANDLER CRAIG

Abstract

A new and distinct short-day strawberry cultivar is provided. Attractive medium-sized generally conical to cordiform and short wedge-shaped fruit is formed in good yields. The fruit flesh is firm, sweet and flavorful. The fruit is glossy bright red on the outside and medium red on the inside. Resistance to Fusarium Wilt is displayed. The fruiting pattern and yield are similar to the ‘Sweet Charlie’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,729) and ‘Strawberry Festival’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 14,739) cultivars and earlier than the ‘Camarosa’ cultivar (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,708). A highly flavorable fruit Brix/Acid balance is displayed.

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 that exhibits the following combination of characteristics: (a) is a short-day cultivar, (b) forms a attractive medium-sized generally conical to cordiform and short wedge-shaped sweet and flavorful fruit with firm flesh in good yields that is glossy red on the outside and medium red on the inside, (c) displays a fruiting pattern and yield commonly similar to the ‘Sweet Charlie’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,729) and ‘Strawberry Festival’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 14,739) cultivars and earlier than the ‘Camarosa’ cultivar (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,708), and (d) displays resistance to Fusarium Wilt; substantially as illustrated and described.

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