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US Plant Patent PP16298

Driscoll Sanibel

Strawberry plant named ‘Driscoll Sanibel’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 27, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 19, 2024. This patent earned 100 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16298, the photograph of Driscoll Sanibel printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16298, 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
PP16298
Filed
August 19, 2004
Granted
February 28, 2006
Expires
November 27, 2024
Assignee
MOWREY BRUCE D, GILFORD KRISTIE L
Inventor
GILFORD KRISTIE L; MOWREY BRUCE D

Abstract

This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of strawberry named ‘Driscoll Sanibel.’ The variety is similar to the varieties ‘Biscayne’ and ‘Key Largo.’ The variety is distinguished from ‘Biscayne’ and ‘Key Largo,’ in particular, by its smaller number of teeth on the terminal leaflets, longer fruit length, greater number of achenes per berry, greater average fruit yield, flat terminal leaflet margin profile, and moderate resistance to Verticillium .

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 PP16298 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.