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US Plant Patent PP12685

Primera

Aechmea plant named ‘Primera’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 4, 2019. 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 3 of US plant patent PP12685, the photograph of Primera printed in the patent.
Figure 3 from US Plant Patent PP12685, 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
PP12685
Filed
February 4, 1999
Granted
June 11, 2002
Expires
February 4, 2019
Assignee
CORN BAK BV
Inventor
BAK ELLY; STEUR NICOLAAS D M

Abstract

A new cultivar of Aechmea fasciata named ‘Primera’ characterized by its primary bract color of RHS 66D; broadly obovate leaves which are spineless with a dark greyed-green color (RHS 189A) and transverse white bands and patches.

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

We claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Aechmea fasciata named ‘Primera’ as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12685 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.