US Plant Patent PP4574
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
- PP4574
- Filed
- April 4, 1979
- Granted
- July 15, 1980
- Expires
- April 4, 1999
- Assignee
- DRISCOLL STRAWBERRY ASS INC
- Inventor
- JOHNSON JR HAROLD A
No cultivar name of record
This patent does not name the plant. Through the 1980s and early 1990s that was still common: naming every new cultivar only became standard practice as plants began to be marketed under brand names. The grant identifies this one by its number and by a written description instead.
Nothing here is missing from our records: the patent itself states no name. Where one exists we show it, and we do not invent one.
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of strawberry plant characterized in having deep serrations at the leaflet margins, especially during summer growth; the plant crops early in spring following summer planting. The primary fruit is large medium wedge in shape and is distinguished by its strong sweet flavor and noticeable aroma.
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 PP4574 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.