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US Plant Patent PP12973

Silver Moon

Aglaonema plant named ‘Silver Moon’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 17, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 9, 2021. This patent earned 39 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP12973, the photograph of Silver Moon printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP12973, 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
PP12973
Filed
March 9, 2001
Granted
September 17, 2002
Expires
April 17, 2021
Assignee
OGLESBY INTERNATIONAL INC
Inventor
OSIECKI MARIAN W

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Aglaonema plant named ‘Silver Moon’, characterized by its symmetrical, round, relatively compact, full and dense plant form; freely branching habit; relatively thick stems and short internodes; broad leaves with obtuse bases and short petioles; bi-colored leaves with a silver green central zone and a dark green marginal zone.

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 Aglaonema plant named ‘Silver Moon’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12973 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.