Driscoll El Dorado

Strawberry plant named ‘Driscoll El Dorado’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 31, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 4, 2024. This patent earned 88 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16238, the photograph of Driscoll El Dorado printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16238, 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.

Abstract

This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of strawberry named ‘Driscoll El Dorado.’ The variety is similar to the varieties ‘Camarosa’ and ‘Ventana.’ The variety is distinguished from ‘Camarosa’ and ‘Ventana,’ in particular, by a greater number of teeth per Terminal Leaflet, fewer achenes per fruit, a rounded shape of the base of terminal leaflets, a rounded shape of the teeth terminal leaflets, sparse to medium petiole pubescence, larger size of calyx in relation to fruit on secondary fruit, and a medium sized hollow center of fruit.

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 PP16238 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

Driscoll El Dorado

The record

Abstract