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US Plant Patent PP25220

Zulu Mask

Alocasia plant named ‘Zulu Mask’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends August 16, 2033.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 17, 2033. This patent earned 60 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP25220, the photograph of Zulu Mask printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP25220, 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
PP25220
Filed
June 17, 2013
Granted
January 6, 2015
Expires
August 16, 2033
Assignee
WILLIAMS BRIAN PAUL, BRIANS BOTAN
Inventor
WILLIAMS BRIAN PAUL

Abstract

A new cultivar of Alocasia plant named ‘Zulu Mask’, that is characterized by its large leaves that are dark green in color with white veins on the upper surface and dark maroon in color on the lower surface, its leaves that are long, arrow-shaped with long basal lobes and leaf tips that point downward, its leaves that are orientated horizontal to downward, its petioles that are greenish white in color, its plant height of 0.9 to 1.2 m (3 to 4 ft.) when mature, and its good resistance to root rot.

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 ‘Zulu Mask’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP25220 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.