US Plant Patent PP18079

Figaro

Strawberry plant named ‘Figaro’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 31, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 25, 2025. This patent earned 37 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP18079
Filed: July 25, 2005
Granted: September 25, 2007
Expires: August 31, 2025
Assignee: PLANT RES INTERNATIONAL B V
Inventor: MEULENBROEK EGBERTUS JOSEPH

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Strawberry plant named ‘Figaro’, characterized by its vigorous growth habit; large and uniformly rounded fruits; very firm fruits; glossy light red-colored fruits; and pleasant fruit aroma and taste.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Strawberry plant named ‘Figaro’, as illustrated and described.

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