US Plant Patent PP20291
PS-5096
Strawberry plant named ‘PS-5096’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends September 10, 2027.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 30, 2027. This patent earned 164 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP20291
- Filed
- March 30, 2007
- Granted
- September 15, 2009
- Expires
- September 10, 2027
- Assignee
- PLANT SCIENCES INC, BERRY R & D 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 ‘PS-5096’. This new strawberry plant named ‘PS-5096’ is primarily adapted to the growing conditions of the central coast of California, and is characterized by medium to small sized fruit which are orange-red to red in color; medium to small calyx diameter; conical, glossy fruit with the calyx which tends to be slightly reflexed; medium green foliage, which is slightly concave to slightly convex in shape with medium interveinal blistering and gloss; and position of fruiting truss tends to be more level with to above the plant with weak pubescence.
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1. A new and distinct strawberry plant named ‘PS-5096’, as herein described and illustrated by the characteristics set forth above.
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