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US Plant Patent PP14446

PS-3546

Strawberry plant named ‘PS-3546’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 21, 2023. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14446, the photograph of PS-3546 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14446, 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
PP14446
Filed
March 21, 2003
Granted
January 6, 2004
Expires
March 21, 2023
Inventor
ACKERMAN STEPHEN M; NELSON STEVEN D; NELSON MICHAEL D

Abstract

This invention relates to a new and distinct everbearing variety of strawberry plant named 'PS-3546' primarily adapted to the growing conditions of the central coast of California. The new variety is primarily characterized by medium to dark green foliage, strong interveinal leaf blistering, strong leaf gloss, medium to large foliage, longer than to much longer than broad terminal leaf, deep serrations, strong stipule and stolon anthocyanin colorations, conical fruit shape, moderate to marked differences in shape between primaries and secondaries, narrow to medium band without achenes, very good fruit gloss and skin firmness, seeds slightly set above the fruit surface, calyx which tends to be slightly reflexed and fruit and flowers characteristically above the foliage.

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 strawberry plant named ‘PS-3546’, as herein described and illustrated by the characteristics set forth above.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14446 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.