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US Plant Patent PP18040

Driscoll Sausalito

Strawberry plant named ‘Driscoll Sausalito’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 10, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18040, the photograph of Driscoll Sausalito printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18040, 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
PP18040
Filed
November 10, 2005
Granted
September 18, 2007
Expires
November 10, 2025
Assignee
DRISCOLL STRAWBERRY ASS INC
Inventor
MOWREY BRUCE D; KODAMA LARRY T; COSS JOANN; FERGUSON MICHAEL

Abstract

This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of strawberry named ‘Driscoll Sausalito’. The variety is similar to the varieties ‘Driscoll Lanai’ and ‘San Juan’. The variety is distinguished from ‘Driscoll Lanai’ and ‘San Juan,’ in particular, by its sweetness, acidity, internal color, longer petal length, longer flower diameter, anythocyanin color and coloration and moderate resistance 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 PP18040 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.