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US Plant Patent PP18575

Driscoll Ojai

Strawberry plant named ‘Driscoll Ojai’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 5, 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 32 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18575, the photograph of Driscoll Ojai printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18575, 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
PP18575
Filed
October 4, 2005
Granted
March 11, 2008
Expires
November 5, 2025
Assignee
DRISCOLL STRAWBERRY ASS INC
Inventor
AMORAO AMADO; FERGUSON MICHAEL

Abstract

This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of strawberry named ‘Driscoll Ojai’. The variety is similar to the varieties ‘Driscoll El Capitan’ and ‘Driscoll Venice’. The variety is distinguished from ‘Driscoll El Capitan’ and ‘Driscoll Venice,’ in particular, by its height, longer petiole length, longer fruiting truss length, open canopy density and moderate susceptibility to powdery mildew.

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 PP18575 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.