US Plant Patent PP13986

NB-1

Strawberry plant named ‘NB-1’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 2, 2020. 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.

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The record

Patent number: PP13986
Filed: October 2, 2000
Granted: July 15, 2003
Expires: October 2, 2020
Inventor: STERRETT JERRY

Abstract

A new and distinct winter-planted short-day-type cultivar of strawberry, known as ‘NB-l’, is adapted to the growing areas of the southern coast of California. The plant produces early, large, smooth, and uniformity-shaped fruit. Plant materal can be planted early with minimum chill. Plants are moderately more vigorous that comparative variety plants.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of strawberry plant, substantially as described and depicted herein.

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