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US Plant Patent PP26607

Tiny Dancers

Alocasia plant named ‘Tiny Dancers’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends July 17, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 19, 2033. This patent earned 240 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP26607, the photograph of Tiny Dancers printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP26607, 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
PP26607
Filed
November 19, 2013
Granted
April 12, 2016
Expires
July 17, 2034
Inventor
GARNER LARIANN

Abstract

A new cultivar of Alocasia plant named ‘Tiny Dancers’ that is characterized by its very dwarf plant habit, its leaves that are uniquely teardrop in shape, its long, delicate petioles, its significantly increased number of leaves at maturity than either of its parents, and its inability to bloom or set seed.

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 Alocasia plant named ‘Tiny Dancers’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP26607 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.