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US Plant Patent PP12985

Silver Ribbons

Aglaonema plant named ‘Silver Ribbons’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 27, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 19, 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 PP12985, the photograph of Silver Ribbons printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP12985, 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
PP12985
Filed
March 19, 2001
Granted
September 17, 2002
Expires
April 27, 2021
Inventor
MUKUNDAN PARTHASARATHY; PARTHASARATHY GOPALASWAMY

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Aglaonema plant named ‘Silver Ribbons’, characterized by its compact, upright and outwardly arching growth habit; relatively rapid growth rate and fast rooting; freely clumping habit, full and dense plants; twisted, long, narrowly lanceolate, undulate, and sharply acuminate leaves with random green spots and blotches on a silver green background and green leaf margins; and good postproduction longevity.

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 Ribbons’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12985 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.