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US Plant Patent PP17497

Gold Dust

Aglaonema plant named ‘Gold Dust’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 30, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 5, 2025. This patent earned 25 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17497, the photograph of Gold Dust printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17497, 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
PP17497
Filed
July 5, 2005
Granted
March 13, 2007
Expires
July 30, 2025
Assignee
MUKUNDAN PARTHASARATHY, PARTHASARATHY GOPALASWAMY
Inventor
PARTHASARATHY GOPALASWAMY; MUKUNDAN PARTHASARATHY

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Aglaonema plant named ‘Gold Dust’, characterized by its upright and outwardly arching plant form; vigorous growth habit; freely clumping habit and relatively short internodes; full, dense and bushy appearance; large ovate leaves with acuminate apices; upper leaf surfaces dark green in color with random yellow green and pale yellow-colored spots and blotches and a few scattered dark green-colored spots and blotches; lower leaf surfaces pale green in color with random yellow green and pale yellow-colored spots and blotches; dark green-colored leaf petioles; petiole wings dark green with random pale yellow spots and blotches; and tolerance to low temperatures.

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 Aglaonema plant named ‘Gold Dust’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17497 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.