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US Plant Patent PP20552

Portola

Strawberry plant named ‘Portola’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 19, 2028.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 6, 2027. This patent earned 134 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP20552, the photograph of Portola printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP20552, 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
PP20552
Filed
November 6, 2007
Granted
December 15, 2009
Expires
March 19, 2028
Assignee
UNIV CALIFORNIA
Inventor
SHAW DOUGLAS V; LARSON KIRK D

Abstract

This invention relates to a new and distinctive day-neutral type strawberry designated as ‘Portola’.‘Portola’ is a day-neutral (everbearing) cultivar similar to ‘Diamante’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 13,079) but with higher yield and better quality fruit, better disease resistance and better flavor; it is similar to ‘Albion’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 16,228) for fruit quality but with higher yield, and larger and lighter colored fruit.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of strawberry plant having the characteristics substantially as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP20552 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.