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US Plant Patent PP18041

Driscoll Bonaire

Strawberry plant named ‘Driscoll Bonaire’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 17, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 4, 2025. This patent earned 13 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18041, the photograph of Driscoll Bonaire printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18041, 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
PP18041
Filed
October 4, 2005
Granted
September 18, 2007
Expires
October 17, 2025
Assignee
DRISCOLL STRAWBERRY ASS INC
Inventor
GILFORD KRISTIE L

Abstract

This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of strawberry named ‘Driscoll Bonaire’. The variety is similar to the varieties ‘Driscoll Malibu’ and ‘Driscoll Osceola.’ The variety is distinguished from ‘Driscoll Malibu’ and ‘Driscoll Osceola,’ in particular, by its longer petiole length and wider petiole diameter, longer sepal length and greater sepal width, longer fruit length, greater berry weight and longer harvest interval.

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 strawberry plant, substantially as shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18041 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.