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US Plant Patent PP16070

Driscoll Malibu

Strawberry plant named ‘Driscoll Malibu’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 2, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 2, 2023. This patent earned 123 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16070, the photograph of Driscoll Malibu printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16070, 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
PP16070
Filed
October 2, 2003
Granted
October 25, 2005
Expires
February 2, 2024
Assignee
DRISCOLL STRAWBERRY ASS INC
Inventor
GILFORD KRISTIE L; MOWREY BRUCE D; COSS JOANNE

Abstract

This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of strawberry named ‘Driscoll Malibu.’ The variety is similar to the varieties ‘Biscayne’, and ‘Madeira’. The variety is distinguished from ‘Biscayne’, and ‘Madeira’, in particular, by a flat terminal leaflet margin profile, dense petiole pubescence, 20% of plants with single bracts, a very narrow band without achenes on the fruit, and a small hollow fruit center.

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 PP16070 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.