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US Plant Patent PP16898

Macarena

Strawberry plant named ‘Macarena’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 15, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 2, 2023. This patent earned 105 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16898, the photograph of Macarena printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16898, 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
PP16898
Filed
October 2, 2003
Granted
August 1, 2006
Expires
January 15, 2024
Inventor
RUBIO IGNACIO ABASCAL

Abstract

Described is a strawberry variety having very early time of ripening and abundant production of orange red colored, conical shaped, and firm fruit; and large fruit size.

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

1. A new and distinct strawberry plant of the variety substantially as shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16898 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.