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US Plant Patent PP27762

America

Aechmea plant named ‘America’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends July 30, 2035.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 29, 2035. This patent earned 62 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP27762, the photograph of America printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP27762, 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
PP27762
Filed
May 29, 2015
Granted
March 7, 2017
Expires
July 30, 2035
Assignee
Bullis Bromeliads, BULLIS PATRICIA GOMEZ
Inventor
BULLIS PATRICIA GOMEZ

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Aechmea plant named ‘America’, characterized by its upright and outwardly arching growth habit; unique creamy white, light green and green variegated leaves with green-colored margins and creamy white and light green-colored longitudinal stripes; inflorescences held upright and above the foliar plane on strong fuchsia red-colored scapes; tightly branched inflorescences with rosy-colored flower bracts with dark blue violet apexes; and long-lasting inflorescences.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct Aechmea plant named ‘America’ as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP27762 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.