US Patent Issued to NATIONAL AGRICULTURE AND FOOD RESEARCH ORGANIZATION, OREC on Sept. 22 for "Fragaria L. plant named 'YUKAGUYA'" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. PP37,704, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to NATIONAL AGRICULTURE AND FOOD RESEARCH ORGANIZATION (Tsukuba, Japan) and OREC Co. LTD (Hirokawa-machi, Japan).

"Fragaria L. plant named 'YUKAGUYA'" was invented by Yusuke Nakai (Tsukuba, Japan), Kazuyoshi Sone (Tsukuba, Japan), Toshiro Fujita (Tsukuba, Japan), Masahiro Misumi (Tsukuba, Japan), Kota Hidaka (Tsukuba, Japan), Minori Endo (Tsukuba, Japan) and Masafumi Seki (Hirokawa-machi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This new strawberry plant 'YUKAGUYA' has plant growth habit in upright, high plant height, large leaf, long petiole, medium to many flowers per Inflorescence, medium to large ...