US Plant Patent PP18340

Wendy

Strawberry variety named ‘Wendy’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 15, 2025. 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.

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The record

Patent number: PP18340
Filed: November 15, 2005
Granted: December 25, 2007
Expires: November 15, 2025
Assignee: CANADA NATURAL RESOURCES
Inventor: JAMIESON ANDREW

Abstract

This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of strawberry ( Fragaria xananassa ) named ‘Wendy’. The invention is an early season, short-day variety similar to ‘Evangeline’. ‘Wendy’ is distinguished from ‘Evangeline’ by its flower characteristics, calyx characteristics, fruit size, fruit shape, and insertion of the achenes.

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

1. The new and distinct variety of strawberry plant named ‘Wendy’ as described and illustrated herein.

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