US Plant Patent PP11116
MNUS 248
Strawberry plant named `MNUS 248`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired September 19, 2017. 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.
The record
- Patent number
- PP11116
- Filed
- September 19, 1997
- Granted
- November 2, 1999
- Expires
- September 19, 2017
- Assignee
- UNIV MINNESOTA
- Inventor
- LUBY JAMES J; WILDUNG DAVID K; GALLETTA GENE J
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of Junebearing strawberry plant named MNUS 248 combines the characteristics of midseason ripening, high productivity or yield, excellent survival in cold temperatures, resistance to red stele root rot, and moderate resistance to common foliar diseases. MNUS 248 yields strawberries characterized by a flavor that is balanced between sweetness and acidity, a glossy appearance, a firm flesh with a melting, creamy texture in the mouth.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
We claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of strawberry plant, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by the combined characteristics of its mid-season of fruit ripening, high productivity or yield, excellent survival in cold temperatures and resistance
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP11116 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.