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US Plant Patent PP16241

Driscoll Pearl

Strawberry plant named ‘Driscoll Pearl’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 7, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 1, 2024. 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 PP16241, the photograph of Driscoll Pearl printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16241, 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
PP16241
Filed
October 1, 2004
Granted
February 7, 2006
Expires
January 7, 2025
Assignee
DRISCOLL STRAWBERRY ASS INC
Inventor
MOWREY BRUCE D; GILFORD KRISTIE L; KODAMA LARRY T; CROSS JOANNE

Abstract

This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of strawberry named ‘Driscoll Pearl.’ The variety is similar to the varieties ‘San Juan’ and ‘Driscoll Lanai.’ The variety is distinguished from ‘San Juan’ and ‘Driscoll Lanai,’ in particular, by its longer petiole length, longer fruiting truss length, upright growth habit, strong sweetness of fruit, and highly 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 PP16241 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.