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US Plant Patent PP14005

Driscoll El Capitan

Strawberry plant named ‘Driscoll El Capitan’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 1, 2021. 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 PP14005, the photograph of Driscoll El Capitan printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14005, 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
PP14005
Filed
October 1, 2001
Granted
July 22, 2003
Expires
October 1, 2021
Assignee
DRISCOLL STRAWBERRY ASSOCITES
Inventor
AMORAO AMADO Q; SOLIS JR ARNOLDO; FERGUSON MICHAEL

Abstract

This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of strawberry named "Driscoll El Capitan'. The variety is similar to the varieties Coronado and San Miguel. The variety is distinguished from "Coronado' and "San Miguel', in that "Driscoll El Capitan' has an obtuse terminal leaflet teeth shape, medium to dense petiole pubescence, medium to strong anthocyanin coloration, cordate fruit shape, marked difference in shape between primary and secondary fruits, large hollow center size, and time of flowering is mid-December.

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

What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of strawberry plant, substantially as shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14005 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.