US Patent Issued to Plant Sciences Genetics on Aug. 4 for "Strawberry plant named 'S4A-448'" (California, Idaho Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. PP37,551, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Plant Sciences Genetics Inc. (Watsonville, Calif.).

"Strawberry plant named 'S4A-448'" was invented by Michael D. Nelson (Watsonville, Calif.), Samuel Estrada Trujillo (Watsonville, Calif.), Craig Mitchell Richael (Meridian, Idaho), Michele Lorraine Krucker (Boise, Idaho) and Vanessa Nichole Roullier (Kuna, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of strawberry plant named 'S4A-448'. This new strawberry plant named 'S4A-448' is primarily adapted to the growing conditions of West Central Florida, and is primarily characterized by its orange red fruit ...