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US Plant Patent PP12899

San Juan

Strawberry plant named ‘San Juan’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 13, 2020. 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 PP12899, the photograph of San Juan printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP12899, 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
PP12899
Filed
March 13, 2000
Granted
September 3, 2002
Expires
March 13, 2020
Assignee
DRISCOLL STRAWBERRY ASS INC
Inventor
MOWREY BRUCE D; KODAMA LARRY T; COSS JOANNE F; ESPEJO JR JOSEPH I; SJULIN THOMAS M

Abstract

This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of strawberry named ‘San Juan’. The variety is similar to the varieties ‘Commander’ and ‘Lido’. The variety is distinguished from ‘Commander’ and ‘Lido’, in particular, by its globose to flat globose habit, medium to strong interveinal blistering, weak to medium weak leaf glossiness, medium dense stipule pubescence, larger calyx diameter relative to the corolla, conical to almost cylindrical fruit, moderate differences in shapes of primary and secondary fruits, narrow band without achenes, and fruit with firm flesh and medium acidity.

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

What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of strawberry plant, substantially as shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12899 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.