US Plant Patent PP19975
San Andreas
Strawberry plant named ‘San Andreas’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends March 18, 2028.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 25, 2028. This patent earned 53 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP19975
- Filed
- January 25, 2008
- Granted
- May 12, 2009
- Expires
- March 18, 2028
- Assignee
- UNIV CALIFORNIA
- Inventor
- SHAW DOUGLAS V; LARSON KIRK D
Abstract
This invention relates to a new and distinctive day-neutral type of strawberry designated as ‘San Andreas’. ‘San Andreas’ is a day-neutral (everbearing) cultivar similar to ‘Diamante’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,435) 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 more attractive 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.
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