US Plant Patent PP18000

Sonata

Strawberry plant named ‘Sonata’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 25, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 25, 2025. This patent earned 31 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18000, the photograph of Sonata printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18000, 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: PP18000
Filed: July 25, 2005
Granted: September 11, 2007
Expires: August 25, 2025
Assignee: PLANT RES INT BV
Inventor: MEULENBROEK EGBERTUS JOSEPH

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Strawberry plant named ‘Sonata’, characterized by its compact growth habit; large and uniformly conical fruits; firm fruits; glossy light red-colored fruits; and pleasant fruit aroma and taste.

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 named ‘Sonata’, as illustrated and described.

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