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US Plant Patent PP17487

PS-4634

Strawberry plant named ‘PS-4634’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 9, 2025. 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 PP17487, the photograph of PS-4634 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17487, 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
PP17487
Filed
September 9, 2005
Granted
March 13, 2007
Expires
September 9, 2025
Inventor
ACKERMAN STEPHEN M; NELSON STEVEN D; NELSON MICHAEL D

Abstract

This invention relates to a new and distinct short-day variety of strawberry plant named ‘PS-4634’. This new strawberry variety ‘P-4634’ is primarily adapted to the growing conditions of the central coast of California, and is primarily characterized by its large plant size, strong vigor rate, large foliage with medium to strong blistering and gloss, highly productive with fruit harvest beginning as early as late March in Salinas, Calif., producing upwards of 15% to 20% of its production by the end of May, and produced fruit is very large in size, light red in color, conical in shape with very good firmness and gloss.

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

1. A new and distinct strawberry plant named ‘PS-4634’, as herein described and illustrated by the characteristics set forth above.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17487 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.