US Plant Patent PP10982
Idea
Strawberry plant named `Idea`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired December 5, 2014. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 23, 2016, but this patent ends 749 days earlier — a terminal disclaimer gives term back. A source that calculates twenty years from filing would tell you this plant is still protected when it is already free.
The record
- Patent number
- PP10982
- Filed
- December 23, 1996
- Granted
- June 29, 1999
- Expires
- December 5, 2014
- Assignee
- E R S O COOPERATIVE COMPANY
- Inventor
- D ERCOLE NICOLA; FAEDI WALTHER; ROSATI PASQUALE
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of strawberry (species Fragaria) which is resistant to anthracnose (Colletotrcum actatium) is late ripening and has large conical berries with a bright orange-red color.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
What is claimed: 1. A new and distinct strawberry cultivar as herein described and illustrated.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP10982 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.