US Plant Patent PP26193
PRIZE
Strawberry plant named ‘PRIZE’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends April 28, 2034.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 8, 2034. This patent earned 110 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP26193
- Filed
- January 8, 2014
- Granted
- December 8, 2015
- Expires
- April 28, 2034
- Assignee
- PLANT SCIENCES INC
- Inventor
- ACKERMAN STEPHEN M; NELSON STEVEN D; NELSON MICHAEL D
Abstract
This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of strawberry plant named ‘PRIZE’. This new strawberry plant named ‘PRIZE’ is primarily adapted to the growing conditions of the central coast of California, and is primarily characterized by its orange red fruit color, small fruit size and very uniform fruit shape and color, medium to large plant size, medium to large foliage with medium green color, strongly concave foliage typically lacking gloss, and medium length fruiting trusses which are typically held level with to beneath the foliage.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct strawberry plant named ‘PRIZE’, as herein described and illustrated by the characteristics set forth above.
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