US Plant Patent PP32705
NCS 10-038
Strawberry plant named ‘NCS 10-038’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends July 19, 2039.
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
- PP32705
- Filed
- July 19, 2019
- Granted
- December 29, 2020
- Expires
- July 19, 2039
- Assignee
- UNIV NORTH CAROLINA STATE
- Inventor
- FERNANDEZ GINA E; PATTISON JEREMY; BALLINGTON JAMES R
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of commercial strawberry plant (Fragaria x ananassa Duchense) named ‘NCS 10-038’ substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its very high yields, mid-season (peak harvest weeks 15-18) fruit ripening with the fruit having a medium size, good flavor, conical to wedge shape, and being of a good quality with very good flesh firmness and good skin toughness. ‘NCS 10-038’ has fair to good firmness and is suitable for pick your own and local sales.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
That which is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of Fragaria x ananassa Duch. plant named ‘NCS 10-038’, substantially as described and illustrated herein.
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