US Plant Patent PP4573
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Strawberry plant
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired April 4, 1999. 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.
The record
- Patent number
- PP4573
- Filed
- April 4, 1979
- Granted
- July 15, 1980
- Expires
- April 4, 1999
- Assignee
- DRISCOLL STRAWBERRY ASS INC
- Inventor
- JOHNSON JR HAROLD A
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of strawberry plant characterized by its wedge shaped primary and secondary berries of greater length than width. The plant is distinguished by its large calyx and overlapping sepals. Its leaflets show a somewhat pointed apex at the margin rather than being rounded. Firmness of the berries are also distinguishing and have consistent fruit size. The variety is also characterized by the semi-openness of the plants throughout the season with fruit always accessible to pickers.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. The new and distinct variety of strawberry plant herein described and illustrated, and identified by the characteristics enumerated above.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP4573 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.