US Plant Patent PP32952

UCD Royal Royce

Strawberry plant named ‘UCD Royal Royce’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends June 3, 2035.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 1, 2039, but this patent ends 1,398 days earlier — a terminal disclaimer gives term back. A source that calculates twenty years from filing would tell you this plant is still protected when it is already free.

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The record

Patent number: PP32952
Filed: April 1, 2019
Granted: April 6, 2021
Expires: June 3, 2035
Assignee: UNIV CALIFORNIA
Inventor: KNAPP STEVEN J; COLE GLENN S; SHAW DOUGLAS V; LARSON KIRK D

Abstract

‘UCD Royal Royce’ is a day-neutral cultivar of a strawberry plant that provides high yields and produces fewer runners that many high-yielding day-neutral cultivars.

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What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of strawberry plant having the characteristics substantially as described and illustrated herein.

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