US Plant Patent PP16216

Golden Pheasant

Acorus plant named ‘Golden Pheasant’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 8, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 12, 2024. This patent earned 88 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16216
Filed: November 12, 2004
Granted: January 24, 2006
Expires: February 8, 2025
Assignee: SPEICHERT C GREG
Inventor: SPEICHERT C GREG

Abstract

A new cultivar of Acorus gramineus, ‘Golden Pheasant’, characterized by its chartreuse to golden colored foliage on plants that reach a height of about 12 to 14 inches.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Acorus plant named ‘Golden Pheasant’ as herein illustrated and described.

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