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US Plant Patent PP13421

Del Mar

Aechmea plant named ‘Del Mar’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 27, 2021. 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 PP13421, the photograph of Del Mar printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13421, 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
PP13421
Filed
June 27, 2001
Granted
December 24, 2002
Expires
June 27, 2021
Assignee
Bullis Bromeliads
Inventor
BULLIS PATRICIA GOMEZ

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Aechmea plant named ‘Del Mar’, characterized by its compact, upright and outwardly arching growth habit; solid green-colored foliage; inflorescences held upright and above foliage on strong red scapes; tightly branched inflorescences with purple and dark red flower bracts and blue purple and greenish white sepals; and long-lasting inflorescences that maintain flower bract and sepal coloration for about five to seven months.

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 cultivar of Aechmea plant named ‘Del Mar’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13421 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.