25 STRAWBERRY cultivars were patented in 2015 - 25 variedades de FRUTILLA (FRESA) fueron patentadas en 2015

New strawberry cultivars: 25 patents were granted in 2015. Driscoll (US) was the applicant with more patents: 6 cultivars, followed by Plant Science Inc (US): 4; Darbonne (France/Spain): 3;  Sweet Darling Sales Inc (US): 3, etc. (Fig. 1).

Fig. 1. Left column is the applicant. The right column shows the name of the cultivars patented by each applicant in 2015.

From the 25 patents, 19 were granted to companies based in the US, 3 in France/Spain; 2 in Italy and 1 in the UK (Fig. 2).

Fig. 2. Applicants nationality

Source: Prepared by Daniel Kirschbaum with information taken from patentinspiration.com