US Plant Patent PP15470

Snow Pixie

Agapanthus plant named ‘Snow Pixie’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 16, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 6, 2023. This patent earned 10 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15470, the photograph of Snow Pixie printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15470, 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: PP15470
Filed: June 6, 2003
Granted: January 4, 2005
Expires: June 16, 2023
Inventor: RIGNEY KEN

Abstract

A new cultivar of Agapanthus named ‘Snow Pixie’ that is characterized by a compact dwarf habit, green sword-shaped leaves and a floriferous display of white flowers. In combination these traits set ‘Snow Pixie’ apart from all other existing varieties of Agapanthus known to the inventor.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of Agapanthus plant named ‘Snow Pixie’ as described and illustrated.

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