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US Plant Patent PP13469

Ventana

Strawberry plant named ‘Ventana’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 6, 2021. 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 PP13469, the photograph of Ventana printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13469, 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
PP13469
Filed
February 6, 2001
Granted
January 14, 2003
Expires
February 6, 2021
Assignee
UNIV CALIFORNIA
Inventor
LARSON KIRK D; SHAW DOUGLAS V

Abstract

A new and distinct short-day strawberry cultivar is provided. Attractive pointed symmetrical-conic bright light red fruit of good quality typically is formed in a good yield. The fruit flavor is good and the fraction of non-marketable fruit tends to be low. The growth habit is large, erect, and open. Flat to very concave leaflets having semi-pointed to pointed serrations are formed.

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

We claim: 1. A new and distinct short-day strawberry plant cultivar that exhibits the following combination of characteristics: (a) Exhibits a large, erect and open growth habit, (b) Typically forms attractive pointed symmetrical-conic bright light red fruit of good quality and good yield, and (c) Forms flat to very concave leaflets having semi-pointed to pointed serrations;

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13469 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.