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US Plant Patent PP15375

Driscoll Marin

Strawberry plant named ‘Driscoll Marin’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 21, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 15, 2022. This patent earned 98 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15375, the photograph of Driscoll Marin printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15375, 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
PP15375
Filed
November 15, 2002
Granted
November 30, 2004
Expires
February 21, 2023
Assignee
DRISCOLL STRAWBERRY ASS INC
Inventor
MOWREY BRUCE D; KODAMA LARRY T; COSS JOANNE

Abstract

This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of strawberry named ‘Driscoll Marin’. The variety is similar to the varieties ‘Ana Maria’ and ‘San Juan’. The variety is distinguished from ‘Ana Maria’ and ‘San Juan’, in particular, by its petiole color, achene coloration, growth habit and density, weak vigor, thick stolons, and inflorescence positioned above the foliage.

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 PP15375 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.