US Plant Patent PP15203

Mardi Gras

Abelia plant named ‘Mardi Gras’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 29, 2023. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15203, the photograph of Mardi Gras printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15203, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number: PP15203
Filed: December 29, 2003
Granted: October 5, 2004
Expires: December 29, 2023
Inventor: CROWDER RICK

Abstract

A new cultivar of Abelia named ‘Mardi Gras’ that is characterized by green and white variegated foliage with pink coloring on the young leaves, compact low-growing habit and pink-white flowers. In combination these traits set ‘Mardi Gras’ apart from all other existing varieties of Abelia known to the inventor.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Abelia plant named ‘Mardi Gras’ as described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15203 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.